Public ApplicationLoadBalancer with service Postgres SQL (UDP:5432) is potentially exposed to the public internet

Risk Level: High
Cloud Entity: Application Load Balancer
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.AWS.NET.AG2.3.ApplicationLoadBalancer.5432.UDP
Covered by Spectral: No
Category: Networking & Content Delivery

GSL LOGIC

ApplicationLoadBalancer where isPublic=true and nics contain [ subnet.routeTable.associations length()>0 ] and nics contain [ subnet.routeTable.routes contain [ destinationCidrBlock='0.0.0.0/0' and gatewayId regexMatch /gw/ ] ] should not have inboundRules contain [ port<=5432  and portTo>=5432  and protocol in ('UDP', 'ALL') and scope isPublic() and scope numberOfHosts()>=32 ]

REMEDIATION

Limit the access scope for ApplicationLoadBalancer with service 'Postgres SQL to only allow access in internal networks and limited scope.

If public interface exists, remove it and limit the access scope within the VPC only to applications or instances that requires access.

Amazon Reference: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/authorizing-access-to-an-instance.html

As a further protection, use CloudGuard Dynamic Access Leasing to limit access to SSH/Remote Desktop only from allowed sources and only when needed.
For more information please refer to: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/Network-Security/DynAccessLease.html?tocpath=Network%20Security%7C_____3

Application Load Balancer

An Application Load Balancer functions at the application layer, the seventh layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. After the load balancer receives a request, it evaluates the listener rules in priority order to determine which rule to apply, and then selects a target from the target group for the rule action. You can configure listener rules to route requests to different target groups based on the content of the application traffic. Routing is performed independently for each target group, even when a target is registered with multiple target groups.

Compliance Frameworks

• LGPD
• NETWSEC-V2