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CloudFront viewer protocol policy allows HTTP

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Id: ansible-aws-viewer-protocol-policy-allows-http

Provider: AWS

Platform: Ansible

Severity: Medium

Category: Encryption

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Description

CloudFront distributions must enforce HTTPS for viewer connections to prevent sensitive data from being transmitted in plaintext and reduce the risk of downgrade or man-in-the-middle attacks.

For Ansible CloudFront resources (modules community.aws.cloudfront_distribution or cloudfront_distribution), the viewer_protocol_policy property in default_cache_behavior and in each cache_behaviors entry must be set to https-only or redirect-to-https. Tasks with viewer_protocol_policy set to allow-all or without an explicit secure setting are flagged. Ensure every cache behavior explicitly specifies a secure policy.

Secure configuration example:

- name: Create CloudFront distribution
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution:
    origin:
      - id: origin1
        domain_name: example.com
    default_cache_behavior:
      viewer_protocol_policy: https-only
    cache_behaviors:
      - path_pattern: /images/*
        viewer_protocol_policy: redirect-to-https

Compliant Code Examples

- name: example1
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution:
    state: present
    caller_reference: unique test distribution ID
    origins:
    - id: my test origin-000111
      domain_name: www.example.com
      origin_path: /production
      custom_headers:
      - header_name: MyCustomHeaderName
        header_value: MyCustomHeaderValue
    default_cache_behavior:
      target_origin_id: my test origin-000111
      forwarded_values:
        query_string: true
        cookies:
          forward: all
        headers:
        - '*'
      viewer_protocol_policy: https-only
      smooth_streaming: true
      compress: true
      allowed_methods:
        items:
        - GET
        - HEAD
        cached_methods:
        - GET
        - HEAD

- name: example2
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution:
    state: present
    caller_reference: unique test distribution ID
    origins:
    - id: my test origin-000111
      domain_name: www.example.com
      origin_path: /production
      custom_headers:
      - header_name: MyCustomHeaderName
        header_value: MyCustomHeaderValue
    cache_behaviors:
      target_origin_id: my test origin-000111
      forwarded_values:
        query_string: true
        cookies:
          forward: all
        headers:
        - '*'
      viewer_protocol_policy: https-only
      smooth_streaming: true
      compress: true
      allowed_methods:
        items:
        - GET
        - HEAD
        cached_methods:
        - GET
        - HEAD

Non-Compliant Code Examples

- name: example1
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution:
    state: present
    caller_reference: unique test distribution ID
    origins:
      - id: 'my test origin-000111'
        domain_name: www.example.com
        origin_path: /production
        custom_headers:
          - header_name: MyCustomHeaderName
            header_value: MyCustomHeaderValue
    default_cache_behavior:
      target_origin_id: 'my test origin-000111'
      forwarded_values:
        query_string: true
        cookies:
          forward: all
        headers:
          - '*'
      viewer_protocol_policy: allow-all
      smooth_streaming: true
      compress: true
      allowed_methods:
        items:
          - GET
          - HEAD
        cached_methods:
          - GET
          - HEAD

- name: example2
  community.aws.cloudfront_distribution:
    state: present
    caller_reference: unique test distribution ID
    origins:
      - id: 'my test origin-000111'
        domain_name: www.example.com
        origin_path: /production
        custom_headers:
          - header_name: MyCustomHeaderName
            header_value: MyCustomHeaderValue
    cache_behaviors:
      target_origin_id: 'my test origin-000111'
      forwarded_values:
        query_string: true
        cookies:
          forward: all
        headers:
          - '*'
      viewer_protocol_policy: allow-all
      smooth_streaming: true
      compress: true
      allowed_methods:
        items:
          - GET
          - HEAD
        cached_methods:
          - GET
          - HEAD