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A security group rule should not allow unrestricted egress to any IP address.
AWS-0104
Service: ec2Severity: critical
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Opening up ports to connect out to the public internet is generally to be avoided. You should restrict access to IP addresses or ranges that are explicitly required where possible.
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Set a more restrictive cidr range
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# METADATA
# title: A security group rule should not allow unrestricted egress to any IP address.
# description: |
# Opening up ports to connect out to the public internet is generally to be avoided. You should restrict access to IP addresses or ranges that are explicitly required where possible.
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["cloud"]
# related_resources:
# - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/building-scalable-secure-multi-vpc-network-infrastructure/centralized-egress-to-internet.html
# custom:
# id: AWS-0104
# long_id: aws-ec2-no-public-egress-sgr
# aliases:
# - AVD-AWS-0104
# - no-public-egress-sgr
# - aws-ec2-no-public-egress-sgr
# - aws-vpc-no-public-egress-sgr
# provider: aws
# service: ec2
# severity: CRITICAL
# recommended_action: Set a more restrictive cidr range
# input:
# selector:
# - type: cloud
# subtypes:
# - service: ec2
# provider: aws
# examples: checks/cloud/aws/ec2/no_public_egress_sgr.yaml
package builtin.aws.ec2.aws0104
import rego.v1
import data.lib.net
deny contains res if {
some rule in input.aws.ec2.securitygroups[_].egressrules
some block in rule.cidrs
net.cidr_allows_all_ips(block.value)
res := result.new(
"Security group rule allows unrestricted egress to any IP address.",
block,
)
}