Risk Level: Critical
Cloud Entity: Simple Queue Service (SQS)
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.AWS.IAM.56
Covered by Spectral: Yes
Category: Database

GSL LOGIC

Sqs should not have policy.Statement contain [Effect='Allow' and ((Principal='*' or Principal.AWS='*') and Action contain ['%SQS:*%']) and not Condition]

REMEDIATION

From console

Open the Amazon SQS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/sqs/.
In the navigation pane, choose Queues.
Choose a queue and choose Edit.
Scroll to the Access policy section.
Edit the access policy statements in the input box. or You can use AWS policy generator tool: https://awspolicygen.s3.amazonaws.com/policygen.html.
In the policy When Effect is 'Allow' Make sure you DO NOT mention Action = 'sqs:', and Principal = ''. And add a condition in the policy statement.
When you finish configuring the access policy, choose Save.

From CLI

Create a .json file with policy statement

aws sqs set-queue-attributes --queue-url QUEUE_URL --attributes FILE:UPDATE_ATTRIBUTES.JSON

Where the file should contain the new policy for the queue.
From CFT
When Effect is 'Allow' Make sure you DO NOT mention Action = 'sqs:', and Principal = '' and add a condition in your policy document.
See below sample template.

Resource: AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy

Resources:
  SampleSQSPolicy:
    Type: AWS::SQS::QueuePolicy
    Properties:
      Queues:
        - 'https://sqs:us-east-2.amazonaws.com/444455556666/myqueue'
      PolicyDocument:
        Statement:
          Action: [ 'SQS:SendMessage' , 'SQS:ReceiveMessage' ]
          Effect: Allow
          Principal:
            AWS:
              - '111122223333'
          Condition:
            ArnEquals:
              'aws:SourceArn': '${aws_sns_topic.example.arn}'

From TF

resource "aws_sqs_queue_policy" "positive2" {
  queue_url = aws_sqs_queue.q.id

  policy = <<POLICY
  {
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Id": "sqspolicy",
    "Statement": [
      {
        "Sid": "First",
        "Effect": "Allow",
        "Principal": "*",
        - "Action": "*",
        + "Action": "...",  # i.e "sqs:SendMessage",
        "Resource": "${aws_sqs_queue.q.arn}",
        "Condition": {
          "ArnEquals": {
            "aws:SourceArn": "${aws_sns_topic.example.arn}"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
  POLICY
}

References

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-authentication-and-access-control.html
https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/documentation/api/latest/reference/sqs/set-queue-attributes.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-sqs-policy.html
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/sqs_queue_policy

Simple Queue Service (SQS)

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Compliance Frameworks

AWS CSA CCM v.4.0.1
AWS CloudGuard Best Practices
AWS CloudGuard SOC2 based on AICPA TSC 2017
AWS HITRUST
AWS HITRUST v11.0.0
AWS ISO27001:2022
AWS ITSG-33
AWS MITRE ATT&CK Framework v10
AWS MITRE ATT&CK Framework v11.3
AWS NIST 800-53 Rev 5
AWS Security Risk Management
CloudGuard AWS All Rules Ruleset
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