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# CMK unencrypted storage

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**Id:** `cloudformation-aws-cmk-unencrypted-storage` 

**Provider:** AWS

**Platform:** CloudFormation

**Severity:** High

**Category:** Encryption

#### Learn More{% #learn-more %}

- [Provider Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-rds-database-instance.html)

### Description{% #description %}

Storage encryption must be enabled for database and analytics clusters to protect data at rest and prevent exposure of sensitive data in volumes, snapshots, and backups if storage media or snapshots are compromised. In CloudFormation, the `StorageEncrypted` property must be defined and set to `true` for `AWS::RDS::DBInstance`, `AWS::RDS::DBCluster`, `AWS::RDS::GlobalCluster`, `AWS::DocDB::DBCluster`, and `AWS::Neptune::DBCluster`. For `AWS::Redshift::Cluster`, the `Encrypted` property must be defined and set to `true`. Resources missing these properties or with the properties set to `false` will be flagged.

Secure configuration examples:

```yaml
MyRdsInstance:
  Type: AWS::RDS::DBInstance
  Properties:
    DBInstanceIdentifier: my-db
    StorageEncrypted: true
```

```yaml
MyRedshiftCluster:
  Type: AWS::Redshift::Cluster
  Properties:
    ClusterIdentifier: my-redshift
    Encrypted: true
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: RDS Storage Encrypted
Parameters:
  SourceDBInstanceIdentifier:
    Type: String
  DBInstanceType:
    Type: String
  SourceRegion:
    Type: String
Resources:
  MyKey:
    Type: "AWS::KMS::Key"
    Properties:
      KeyPolicy:
        Version: 2012-10-17
        Id: key-default-1
        Statement:
          - Sid: Enable IAM User Permissions
            Effect: Allow
            Principal:
              AWS: !Join
                - ""
                - - "arn:aws:iam::"
                  - !Ref "AWS::AccountId"
                  - ":root"
            Action: "kms:*"
            Resource: "*"
  MyDBSmall:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBInstance"
    Properties:
      DBInstanceClass: !Ref DBInstanceType
      SourceDBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref SourceDBInstanceIdentifier
      SourceRegion: !Ref SourceRegion
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey
      StorageEncrypted: true
```

```yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: >-
  AWS CloudFormation Sample Template
Parameters:
  DBUsername:
    NoEcho: 'true'
    Description: Username for MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: '1'
    MaxLength: '16'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters.
  DBPassword:
    NoEcho: 'true'
    Description: Password MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: '8'
    MaxLength: '41'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: must contain only alphanumeric characters.
Resources:
  MyKey-0:
    Type: "AWS::KMS::Key"
    Properties:
      KeyPolicy:
        Version: 2012-10-17
        Id: key-default-1
        Statement:
          - Sid: Enable IAM User Permissions
            Effect: Allow
            Principal:
              AWS: !Join
                - ""
                - - "arn:aws:iam::"
                  - !Ref "AWS::AccountId"
                  - ":root"
            Action: "kms:*"
            Resource: "*"
  RDSCluster:
    Type: 'AWS::RDS::DBCluster'
    Properties:
      MasterUsername: !Ref DBUsername
      MasterUserPassword: !Ref DBPassword
      DBClusterIdentifier: my-serverless-cluster
      Engine: aurora
      EngineVersion: 5.6.10a
      EngineMode: serverless
      ScalingConfiguration:
        AutoPause: true
        MinCapacity: 4
        MaxCapacity: 32
        SecondsUntilAutoPause: 1000
      KmsKeyId: !Ref MyKey-0
      StorageEncrypted: true
```

```json
{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09T00:00:00Z",
  "Description": "RDS Storage Encrypted",
  "Parameters": {
    "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "DBInstanceType": {
      "Type": "String"
    },
    "SourceRegion": {
      "Type": "String"
    }
  },
  "Resources": {
    "MyKey": {
      "Type": "AWS::KMS::Key",
      "Properties": {
        "KeyPolicy": {
          "Version": "2012-10-17T00:00:00Z",
          "Id": "key-default-1",
          "Statement": [
            {
              "Principal": {
                "AWS": [
                  "",
                  [
                    "arn:aws:iam::",
                    "AWS::AccountId",
                    ":root"
                  ]
                ]
              },
              "Action": "kms:*",
              "Resource": "*",
              "Sid": "Enable IAM User Permissions",
              "Effect": "Allow"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    "MyDBSmall": {
      "Type": "AWS::RDS::DBInstance",
      "Properties": {
        "SourceRegion": "SourceRegion",
        "KmsKeyId": "MyKey",
        "StorageEncrypted": true,
        "DBInstanceClass": "DBInstanceType",
        "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier": "SourceDBInstanceIdentifier"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: >-
 AWS CloudFormation Sample
Parameters:
  DBInstanceID:
    Default: mydbinstance
    Description: My database instance
    Type: String
    MinLength: '1'
    MaxLength: '63'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: >-
      Must begin with a letter and must not end with a hyphen or contain two
      consecutive hyphens.
  DBName:
    Default: mydb
    Description: My database
    Type: String
    MinLength: '1'
    MaxLength: '64'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: Must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters.
  DBInstanceClass:
    Default: db.m5.large
    Description: DB instance class
    Type: String
    ConstraintDescription: Must select a valid DB instance type.
  DBAllocatedStorage:
    Default: '50'
    Description: The size of the database (GiB)
    Type: Number
    MinValue: '5'
    MaxValue: '1024'
    ConstraintDescription: must be between 20 and 65536 GiB.
  DBUsername:
    NoEcho: 'true'
    Description: Username for MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: '1'
    MaxLength: '16'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters.
  DBPassword:
    NoEcho: 'true'
    Description: Password MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: '8'
    MaxLength: '41'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: must contain only alphanumeric characters.
Resources:
  MyDB:
    Type: 'AWS::RDS::DBInstance'
    Properties:
      DBInstanceIdentifier: !Ref DBInstanceID
      DBName: !Ref DBName
      DBInstanceClass: !Ref DBInstanceClass
      AllocatedStorage: !Ref DBAllocatedStorage
      Engine: MySQL
      EngineVersion: 8.0.16
      MasterUsername: !Ref DBUsername
      MasterUserPassword: !Ref DBPassword
      MonitoringInterval: '60'
      MonitoringRoleArn: 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/rds-monitoring-role'
```

```yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: >-
  AWS CloudFormation Sample Template
Parameters:
  DBUsername:
    NoEcho: "true"
    Description: Username for MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: "1"
    MaxLength: "16"
    AllowedPattern: "[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*"
    ConstraintDescription: must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters.
  DBPassword:
    NoEcho: "true"
    Description: Password MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: "8"
    MaxLength: "41"
    AllowedPattern: "[a-zA-Z0-9]*"
    ConstraintDescription: must contain only alphanumeric characters.
Resources:
  RDSCluster1:
    Type: "AWS::RDS::DBCluster"
    Properties:
      MasterUsername: !Ref DBUsername
      MasterUserPassword: !Ref DBPassword
      DBClusterIdentifier: my-serverless-cluster
      Engine: aurora
      EngineVersion: 5.6.10a
      EngineMode: serverless
      ScalingConfiguration:
        AutoPause: true
        MinCapacity: 4
        MaxCapacity: 32
        SecondsUntilAutoPause: 1000
```

```yaml
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Description: >-
  AWS CloudFormation Sample Template AuroraServerlessDBCluster
Parameters:
  DBUsername:
    NoEcho: 'true'
    Description: Username for MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: '1'
    MaxLength: '16'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumeric characters.
  DBPassword:
    NoEcho: 'true'
    Description: Password MySQL database access
    Type: String
    MinLength: '8'
    MaxLength: '41'
    AllowedPattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9]*'
    ConstraintDescription: must contain only alphanumeric characters.
Resources:
  RDSCluster-2:
    Type: 'AWS::RDS::DBCluster'
    Properties:
      MasterUsername: !Ref DBUsername
      MasterUserPassword: !Ref DBPassword
      DBClusterIdentifier: my-serverless-cluster
      Engine: aurora
      EngineVersion: 5.6.10a
      EngineMode: serverless
      ScalingConfiguration:
        AutoPause: true
        MinCapacity: 4
        MaxCapacity: 32
        SecondsUntilAutoPause: 1000
      StorageEncrypted: false
```