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title: Amazon DocumentDB manual cluster snapshots should be private
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# Amazon DocumentDB manual cluster snapshots should be private
 
## Description{% #description %}

Amazon DocumentDB manual cluster snapshots should not be public. Public snapshots can be restored by any AWS account, potentially exposing sensitive data.

## Remediation{% #remediation %}

Remove public access from your DocumentDB cluster snapshot. For information on sharing Amazon DocumentDB cluster snapshots, see [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/backup_restore-share_cluster_snapshots.html).