Route53 record undefined

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Id: 25db74bf-fa3b-44da-934e-8c3e005c0453

Cloud Provider: AWS

Platform: Terraform

Severity: High

Category: Networking and Firewall

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Description

This check verifies that Route53 record resources have defined values in the records array. Empty record arrays in Route53 configurations may result in DNS resolution failures, causing service disruptions and potentially breaking application functionality that depends on proper name resolution.

A properly configured Route53 record should include appropriate values in the records array, as shown in the secure example below:

records = [
  aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[0],
  aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[1],
  aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[2],
  aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[3],
]

Insecure configurations leave the records array empty:

records = [
  
]

Compliant Code Examples

resource "aws_route53_record" "example" {
  allow_overwrite = true
  name            = "test.example.com"
  ttl             = 30
  type            = "NS"
  zone_id         = aws_route53_zone.example.zone_id

  records = [
    aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[0],
    aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[1],
    aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[2],
    aws_route53_zone.example.name_servers[3],
  ]
}

Non-Compliant Code Examples

resource "aws_route53_record" "example" {
  allow_overwrite = true
  name            = "test.example.com"
  ttl             = 30
  type            = "NS"
  zone_id         = aws_route53_zone.example.zone_id

  records = [
    
  ]
}