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Amazon MQ broker is publicly accessible

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Id: cloudformation-aws-mq-broker-is-publicly-accessible

Provider: AWS

Platform: CloudFormation

Severity: High

Category: Insecure Configurations

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Description

Amazon MQ brokers must not be publicly accessible because exposing a broker to the public internet increases the attack surface and can allow unauthorized access to messages and management interfaces. Check the PubliclyAccessible property on AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker resources. It must be omitted or set to false. Resources with PubliclyAccessible set to true will be flagged as a security risk.

Secure CloudFormation example:

MyBroker:
  Type: AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker
  Properties:
    BrokerName: my-broker
    EngineType: ActiveMQ
    EngineVersion: "5.15.6"
    PubliclyAccessible: false

Compliant Code Examples

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker"
Resources:
  BasicBroker:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      AutoMinorVersionUpgrade: "false"
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EncryptionOptions:
        UseAwsOwnedKey: true
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: false
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker",
  "Resources": {
    "BasicBroker2": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EncryptionOptions": {
          "UseAwsOwnedKey": true
        },
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Non-Compliant Code Examples

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: "2010-09-09"
Description: "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker"
Resources:
  BasicBroker:
    Type: "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker"
    Properties:
      AutoMinorVersionUpgrade: "false"
      BrokerName: MyBasicBroker
      DeploymentMode: SINGLE_INSTANCE
      EncryptionOptions:
        UseAwsOwnedKey: true
      EngineType: ActiveMQ
      EngineVersion: "5.15.0"
      HostInstanceType: mq.t2.micro
      PubliclyAccessible: true
      Users:
        -
          ConsoleAccess: "true"
          Groups:
            - MyGroup
          Password:
            Ref: "BrokerPassword"
          Username:
            Ref: "BrokerUsername"

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Create a basic ActiveMQ broker",
  "Resources": {
    "BasicBroker2": {
      "Type": "AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker",
      "Properties": {
        "BrokerName": "MyBasicBroker",
        "DeploymentMode": "SINGLE_INSTANCE",
        "EncryptionOptions": {
          "UseAwsOwnedKey": true
        },
        "EngineType": "ActiveMQ",
        "EngineVersion": "5.15.0",
        "HostInstanceType": "mq.t2.micro",
        "Users": [
          {
            "ConsoleAccess": "true",
            "Groups": [
              "MyGroup"
            ],
            "Password": {
              "Ref": "BrokerPassword"
            },
            "Username": {
              "Ref": "BrokerUsername"
            }
          }
        ],
        "AutoMinorVersionUpgrade": "false",
        "PubliclyAccessible": true
      }
    }
  }
}