Network misconfigurations

Amazon ECS service configured to assign public IP addresses automatically

Platform(s)
Compliance Frameworks
  • AWS Foundational Security Best Practices Controls
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  • CCPA
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  • CPRA
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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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  • mpa
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  • NIST 800-171
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  • NIST 800-53
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  • PDPA
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  • UK Cyber Essentials

Description

ECS is a container management service that allows you to run, stop, and manage containers on a cluster. It was detected that ECS service {AwsEcsService} is configured to assign public IP addresses automatically. ECS instances with a public IP address are reachable from the internet and may allow unintended access.