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How to Find AWS CloudTrail Trails with Public S3 Buckets

Allowing public access to CloudTrail log content may aid an adversary in identifying weaknesses in the affected accounts use or configuration.

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This security check is part of the CIS Amazon Web Services Benchmarks and is rated severity critical.

Prerequisites​

This guide assumes that you have already installed and configured Fix Inventory to collect your AWS resources.

Directions​

  1. Execute the following search command in Fix Inventory Shell:

    > search is(aws_cloud_trail) and trail_status.is_logging==true --> is(aws_s3_bucket) and bucket_public_access_block_configuration.{block_public_acls!=true or ignore_public_acls!=true or block_public_policy!=true or restrict_public_buckets!=true} or bucket_acl.grants[*].{permission in [READ, READ_ACP] and grantee.uri=="http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers"}
    ​kind=aws_cloud_trail, ..., region=fixinventory-poweruser
    ​kind=aws_cloud_trail, ..., account=poweruser-team

  2. Pipe the search command into the dump command:

    > search is(aws_cloud_trail) and trail_status.is_logging==true --> is(aws_s3_bucket) and bucket_public_access_block_configuration.{block_public_acls!=true or ignore_public_acls!=true or block_public_policy!=true or restrict_public_buckets!=true} or bucket_acl.grants[*].{permission in [READ, READ_ACP] and grantee.uri=="http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers"} | dump
    ​reported:
    ​  id: /aws/cloudtrail/123
    ​  name: some-name
    ​  ctime: '2022-12-05T22:53:14Z'
    ​  kind: aws_cloud_trail
    ​  age: 2mo28d

    The command output will list the details of all non-compliant aws_cloud_trail resources.

Remediation​

  • Analyze Bucket policy to validate appropriate permissions.
  • Ensure the AllUsers principal is not granted privileges.
  • Ensure the AuthenticatedUsers principal is not granted privileges.
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Please refer to the AWS CloudTrail documentation for details.

Further Reading​