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EC2 network ACL overlapping ports

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Id: cloudformation-aws-ec2-network-acl-overlapping-ports

Provider: AWS

Platform: CloudFormation

Severity: Medium

Category: Networking and Firewall

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Description

Network ACL entries with overlapping port ranges can make rules ineffective or cause unintended allow/deny behavior, increasing the risk of unauthorized access or service disruption. This check inspects AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry resources and their Properties.PortRange.From and Properties.PortRange.To values. Each entry must define a port range that does not intersect with any other AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry port range in the same template.

Resources missing PortRange, with From greater than To, or with ranges that share any port will be flagged as a misconfiguration.

Secure configuration example with distinct, non-overlapping port ranges:

AclEntry1:
  Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
  Properties:
    NetworkAclId: acl-01234567
    Protocol: 6
    RuleAction: allow
    Egress: false
    PortRange:
      From: 80
      To: 80

AclEntry2:
  Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
  Properties:
    NetworkAclId: acl-01234567
    Protocol: 6
    RuleAction: allow
    Egress: false
    PortRange:
      From: 443
      To: 443

Compliant Code Examples

Resources:
  MyNACL:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAcl
    Properties:
       VpcId: vpc-1122334455aabbccd
       Tags:
       - Key: Name
         Value: NACLforSSHTraffic
  InboundRule:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 172.16.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 13
         To: 22
  OutboundRule:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 173.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 24
         To: 25

Non-Compliant Code Examples

Resources:
  MyNACL:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAcl
    Properties:
       VpcId: vpc-1122334455aabbccd
       Tags:
       - Key: Name
         Value: NACLforSSHTraffic
  InboundRule:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 172.16.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 13
         To: 22
  OutboundRule:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 173.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 12
         To: 20
  OutboundTests:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 175.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 20
         To: 25
  InboundTests:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 151.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 6
         To: 13
  Default:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 150.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 1
         To: 2
  Match:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 121.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 3
         To: 5
  EqualMatch:
    Type: AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry
    Properties:
       NetworkAclId:
         Ref: MyNACL
       RuleNumber: 100
       Protocol: 6
       RuleAction: allow
       CidrBlock: 120.20.0.0/24
       PortRange:
         From: 3
         To: 5