Ensure ALB has WAF enabled
Application Load Balancers should have AWS WAF enabled to protect against common web exploits.
Security Impact
Without WAF, ALBs are vulnerable to OWASP Top 10 attacks including SQL injection and XSS.
How to Remediate
Associate a WAF web ACL with the ALB. Use AWS managed rules for common protections.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-elb-2
- Service
- Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
- Category
- Web Security
- Severity
- HIGH
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