MEDIUM

Ensure ELB uses strong cipher suites

Load balancer security policies should use strong cipher suites and disable weak ciphers.

Security Impact

Weak cipher suites can be exploited by attackers to decrypt intercepted traffic.

How to Remediate

Use modern security policies like ELBSecurityPolicy-FS-1-2-Res-2020-10 that support forward secrecy and strong ciphers.

Affected Resources

AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::Listener

Compliance Frameworks

SOC 2PCI-DSSNIST 800-53

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Check Details

Check ID
aws-elb-15
Service
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Category
Encryption
Severity
MEDIUM

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