Network misconfigurations

ElastiCache Memcached Cluster with Default Port

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks

Brazilian General Data Protection (LGPD), CCPA, coppa, CPRA, Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Best Practices, GDPR, HITRUST, iso_27001_2022, iso_27002_2022, Mitre ATT&CK, New Zealand Information Security Manual, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, Orca Best Practices, PDPA, pipeda, UK Cyber Essentials

Description

ElastiCache makes it easy to set up, manage, and scale distributed in-memory cache environments in the Cloud. It provides a high performance, resizable, and cost-effective in-memory cache. It was detected that the Elasticache Memcached cluster {AwsElasticacheMemcachedCluster} is using his default endpoint port: 11211. Changing the default port number will promote port obfuscation as an additional layer of defense against non-targeted attacks.