IAM Database Auth Not Enabled

• Query id: 9fcd0a0a-9b6f-4670-a215-d94e6bf3f184
• Query name: IAM Database Auth Not Enabled
• Platform: CloudFormation
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Encryption
• URL: Github

Description

IAM Database Auth Enabled should be configured to true when using compatible engine and version
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: RDS Storage Encrypted
Parameters:
  SourceDBInstanceIdentifier:
    Type: String
  DBInstanceType:
    Type: String
  SourceRegion:
    Type: String
Resources:
  MyDBSmall:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBInstance"
    Properties:
      DBInstanceClass: db.r3.xlarge
      SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref SourceDBInstanceIdentifier
      SourceRegion: !Ref SourceRegion
      DeletionProtection: false
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey
      EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication: false
      Engine: aurora

Positive test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "RDS Storage Encrypted",
  "Parameters": {
    "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "DBInstanceType": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "SourceRegion": {
      "Type": "String"
    }
  },
  "Resources": {
    "MyDBSmall": {
      "Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
      "Properties": {
        "DBInstanceClass": {
          "Ref": "DBInstanceType"
        },
        "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
          "Ref": "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier"
        },
        "SourceRegion": {
          "Ref": "SourceRegion"
        },
        "KmsKeyId": {
          "Ref": "MyKey"
        },
        "EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication": false,
        "Engine": "mysql"
      }
    }
  }
}

Positive test num. 3 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: RDS Storage Encrypted
Parameters:
  SourceDBInstanceIdentifier:
    Type: String
  DBInstanceType:
    Type: String
  SourceRegion:
    Type: String
Resources:
  MyDBSmall:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBInstance"
    Properties:
      DBInstanceClass: db.r3.xlarge
      SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref SourceDBInstanceIdentifier
      SourceRegion: !Ref SourceRegion
      DeletionProtection: false
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey
      Engine: mysql

Positive test num. 4 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "RDS Storage Encrypted",
  "Parameters": {
    "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "DBInstanceType": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "SourceRegion": {
      "Type": "String"
    }
  },
  "Resources": {
    "MyDBSmall": {
      "Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
      "Properties": {
        "DBInstanceClass": {
          "Ref": "DBInstanceType"
        },
        "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
          "Ref": "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier"
        },
        "SourceRegion": {
          "Ref": "SourceRegion"
        },
        "KmsKeyId": {
          "Ref": "MyKey"
        },
        "Engine": "mysql"
      }
    }
  }
}

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: RDS Storage Encrypted
Parameters:
  SourceDBInstanceIdentifier:
    Type: String
  DBInstanceType:
    Type: String
  SourceRegion:
    Type: String
Resources:
  MyDBSmall:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBInstance"
    Properties:
      DBInstanceClass: !Ref DBInstanceType
      SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref SourceDBInstanceIdentifier
      SourceRegion: !Ref SourceRegion
      DeletionProtection: false
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey
      EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication: true

Negative test num. 2 - json file

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "RDS Storage Encrypted",
  "Parameters": {
      "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
          "Type": "String"
      },
      "DBInstanceType": {
          "Type": "String"
      },
      "SourceRegion": {
          "Type": "String"
      }
  },
  "Resources": {
      "MyDBSmall": {
          "Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
          "Properties": {
              "DBInstanceClass": {
                  "Ref": "DBInstanceType"
              },
              "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
                  "Ref": "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier"
              },
              "SourceRegion": {
                  "Ref": "SourceRegion"
              },
              "KmsKeyId": {
                  "Ref": "MyKey"
              },
              "EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication" : true
          }
      }
  }
}

Negative test num. 3 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: RDS Storage Encrypted
Parameters:
  SourceDBInstanceIdentifier:
    Type: String
  DBInstanceType:
    Type: String
  SourceRegion:
    Type: String
Resources:
  MyDBSmall:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBInstance"
    Properties:
      DBInstanceClass: db.t2.small
      SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref SourceDBInstanceIdentifier
      SourceRegion: !Ref SourceRegion
      DeletionProtection: false
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey
      EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication: false
      Engine: aurora

Negative test num. 4 - yaml file

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: RDS Storage Encrypted
Parameters:
  SourceDBInstanceIdentifier:
    Type: String
  DBInstanceType:
    Type: String
  SourceRegion:
    Type: String
Resources:
  MyDBSmall:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBInstance"
    Properties:
      DBInstanceClass: db.t2.small
      SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref SourceDBInstanceIdentifier
      SourceRegion: !Ref SourceRegion
      DeletionProtection: false
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey
      EnableIAMDatabaseAuthentication: false
      Engine: mariadb
      EngineVersion: 10.2.43