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AWS Ansible Misconfiguration: Missing CloudTrail Log Validation

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Abstract

An Ansible task defines a CloudTrail log file without integrity validation.

Explanation

By default, CloudTrail log file validation is disabled, which prevents investigators from confirming that there has been no external tampering with CloudTrail log files.

This enables an attacker with the necessary privileges to perform harmful configuration changes and hide them by modifying the CloudTrail logs.

Example 1: The following Ansible task sets up a CloudTrail configuration without log file integrity validation because the enable_log_file_validation parameter is missing.


- name: create a single region cloudtrail
  community.aws.cloudtrail:
    s3_bucket_name: mylogbucket
    s3_key_prefix: cloudtrail
    region: us-west-2

References

[1] Ansible project contributors community.aws.cloudtrail – manage CloudTrail create, delete, update

[2] Amazon Web Services Validating CloudTrail log file integrity

[3] Amazon Web Services Security at Scale: Logging in AWS

[4] Standards Mapping - CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations Benchmark Recommendation 3.2

[5] Standards Mapping - Common Weakness Enumeration CWE ID 354

[6] Standards Mapping - DISA Control Correlation Identifier Version 2 CCI-002450, CCI-002451

[7] Standards Mapping - FIPS200 MP

[8] Standards Mapping - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Insufficient Data Protection

[9] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 SC-13 Cryptographic Protection (P1)

[10] Standards Mapping - NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5 SC-13 Cryptographic Protection

[11] Standards Mapping - OWASP API 2023 API8 Security Misconfiguration

[12] Standards Mapping - OWASP Application Security Verification Standard 4.0 12.2.1 File Integrity Requirements (L2 L3)

[13] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2004 A8 Insecure Storage

[14] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2007 A8 Insecure Cryptographic Storage

[15] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2010 A7 Insecure Cryptographic Storage

[16] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2017 A10 Insufficient Logging and Monitoring

[17] Standards Mapping - OWASP Top 10 2021 A09 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

[18] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.1 Requirement 10.5.5

[19] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 1.2 Requirement 10.5.5

[20] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 2.0 Requirement 10.5.5

[21] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.0 Requirement 10.5.5

[22] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.1 Requirement 10.5.5

[23] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2 Requirement 10.5.5

[24] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 3.2.1 Requirement 10.5.5

[25] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0 Requirement 10.3.2

[26] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Version 4.0.1 Requirement 10.3.2

[27] Standards Mapping - Payment Card Industry Software Security Framework 1.0 Control Objective 8.2 - Activity Tracking

[28] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2010 Risky Resource Management - CWE ID 494

[29] Standards Mapping - SANS Top 25 2011 Risky Resource Management - CWE ID 494

[30] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.1 APP3150.1 CAT II

[31] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.4 APP3150.1 CAT II

[32] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.5 APP3150.1 CAT II

[33] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.6 APP3150.1 CAT II

[34] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.7 APP3150.1 CAT II

[35] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.9 APP3150.1 CAT II

[36] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 3.10 APP3150.1 CAT II

[37] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.2 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[38] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.3 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[39] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.4 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[40] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.5 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[41] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.6 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[42] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.7 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[43] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.8 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[44] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.9 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[45] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.10 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[46] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.11 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[47] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 4.1 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[48] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.1 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[49] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.2 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[50] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 5.3 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[51] Standards Mapping - Security Technical Implementation Guide Version 6.1 APSC-DV-002010 CAT II, APSC-DV-002020 CAT II, APSC-DV-002030 CAT II

[52] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium Version 2.00 Insufficient Authentication (WASC-01)

[53] Standards Mapping - Web Application Security Consortium 24 + 2 Insufficient Authentication

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