Network misconfigurations

ELB missing inbound rules in their security groups

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks
  • CCM-CSA
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  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Best Practices
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  • iso_27001_2022
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  • iso_27002_2022
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  • Mitre ATT&CK
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  • New Zealand Information Security Manual
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  • NIST 800-171
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  • NIST 800-53
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  • Orca Best Practices
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

An Elastic Load Balancer has a security group with no inbound rules. Such a security group will prevent the load balancer from receiving any incoming traffic, regardless of the source and destination.