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Connection between CloudFront origin not encrypted

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Id: cloudformation-aws-connection-between-cloudfront-origin-not-encrypted

Provider: AWS

Platform: CloudFormation

Severity: Medium

Category: Encryption

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Description

CloudFront distributions must require or redirect viewers to HTTPS to prevent plaintext HTTP traffic that can expose sensitive data in transit and enable interception or downgrade attacks. In AWS::CloudFront::Distribution resources, set DistributionConfig.DefaultCacheBehavior.ViewerProtocolPolicy and each DistributionConfig.CacheBehaviors[].ViewerProtocolPolicy to https-only or redirect-to-https. Resources missing these properties or configured with allow-all (which permits HTTP) will be flagged as insecure.

Secure configuration example:

MyDistribution:
  Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
  Properties:
    DistributionConfig:
      Enabled: true
      DefaultCacheBehavior:
        TargetOriginId: myOrigin
        ViewerProtocolPolicy: redirect-to-https
      CacheBehaviors:
        - PathPattern: '/images/*'
          TargetOriginId: myOrigin
          ViewerProtocolPolicy: https-only

Compliant Code Examples

#this code is a correct code for which the query should not find any result
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Resources:
  cloudfrontdistribution:
    Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
    Properties:
      DistributionConfig:
        CacheBehaviors:
          - LambdaFunctionAssociations:
              - EventType: viewer-request
                LambdaFunctionARN: examp
        DefaultCacheBehavior:
          LambdaFunctionAssociations:
            - EventType: viewer-request
              LambdaFunctionARN: examp
        IPV6Enabled: true
        Origins:
          - CustomOriginConfig:
              OriginKeepaliveTimeout: 60
              OriginReadTimeout: 30
      Tags:
        - Key: name
          Value: example

Non-Compliant Code Examples

#this is a problematic code where the query should report a result(s)
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Resources:
  cloudfrontdistribution_1:
    Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
    Properties:
      DistributionConfig:
        CacheBehaviors:
          - LambdaFunctionAssociations:
              - EventType: viewer-request
                LambdaFunctionARN: examp
        DefaultCacheBehavior:
          ViewerProtocolPolicy: allow-all
          LambdaFunctionAssociations:
            - EventType: viewer-request
              LambdaFunctionARN: examp
        IPV6Enabled: true
        Origins:
          - CustomOriginConfig:
              OriginKeepaliveTimeout: 60
              OriginReadTimeout: 30
      Tags:
        - Key: name
          Value: example
  cloudfrontdistribution_2:
    Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
    Properties:
      DistributionConfig:
        CacheBehaviors:
          ViewerProtocolPolicy: allow-all
          LambdaFunctionAssociations:
            - EventType: viewer-request
              LambdaFunctionARN: examp
        DefaultCacheBehavior:
          LambdaFunctionAssociations:
            - EventType: viewer-request
              LambdaFunctionARN: examp
        IPV6Enabled: true
        Origins:
          - CustomOriginConfig:
              OriginKeepaliveTimeout: 60
              OriginReadTimeout: 30
        Tags:
        - Key: name
          Value: example