Network misconfigurations

Security group allows inbound access to TCP port 3306 (MYSQL)

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Compliance Frameworks
  • Brazilian General Data Protection (LGPD)
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  • CCM-CSA
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  • CCPA
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  • cis_8
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  • coppa
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  • CPRA
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  • Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Best Practices
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  • GDPR
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  • HITRUST
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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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  • mpa
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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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  • PDPA
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  • pipeda
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

An AWS Security Group acts as a virtual firewall for your instances to control inbound and outbound traffic. We identified the security group ""{AwsEc2SecurityGroup}"" ({AwsEc2SecurityGroup.GroupId}) is configured to allow inbound access to TCP port 3306 (MYSQL) from any IP address (0.0.0.0/0 or ::/0).