Ensure security groups do not allow unrestricted ingress to high-risk ports
Security groups should not allow unrestricted access to high-risk ports like databases (3306, 5432, 1433), NoSQL (27017, 6379), and management ports.
Security Impact
Unrestricted access to database ports can lead to data breaches, ransomware, and cryptomining attacks.
How to Remediate
Restrict database and management port access to specific application security groups or IP ranges.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-ec2-11
- Service
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Category
- Network Security
- Severity
- HIGH
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