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A firewall rule should not allow unrestricted egress to any IP address.
GCP-0035
Service: computeSeverity: 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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# METADATA
# title: A firewall 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://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/using-firewalls
# custom:
# id: GCP-0035
# long_id: google-compute-no-public-egress
# aliases:
# - AVD-GCP-0035
# - no-public-egress
# - google-compute-no-public-egress
# provider: google
# service: compute
# severity: CRITICAL
# recommended_action: Set a more restrictive cidr range
# input:
# selector:
# - type: cloud
# subtypes:
# - service: compute
# provider: google
# examples: checks/cloud/google/compute/no_public_egress.yaml
package builtin.google.compute.google0035
import rego.v1
import data.lib.net
deny contains res if {
some network in input.google.compute.networks
some rule in network.firewall.egressrules
rule.firewallrule.isallow.value
rule.firewallrule.enforced.value
some destination in rule.destinationranges
net.cidr_allows_all_ips(destination.value)
res := result.new(
"Firewall rule allows unrestricted egress to any IP address.",
destination,
)
}