AWS Enforces SSL Policies

Severity: medium
Compliance: PCI 2.2.3, 4.1
Tags: AWS, PCI, Initial Access:Exploit Public-Facing Application
Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/listener-update-certificates.html#update-security-policy
Source: github.com/panther-labs/panther-analysis

This policy validates that ELBV2 load balancer listeners are using an SSL policy.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Initial Access	`T1190` Exploit Public-Facing Application

Rule body yaml

AnalysisType: policy
Filename: aws_elbv2_load_balancer_has_ssl_policy.py
PolicyID: "AWS.ELBV2.LoadBalancer.HasSSLPolicy"
DisplayName: "AWS Enforces SSL Policies"
Enabled: false
ResourceTypes:
  - AWS.ELBV2.ApplicationLoadBalancer
Tags:
  - AWS
  - PCI
  - Initial Access:Exploit Public-Facing Application
Reports:
  PCI:
    - 2.2.3
    - 4.1
  MITRE ATT&CK:
    - TA0001:T1190
Severity: Medium
Description: This policy validates that ELBV2 load balancer listeners are using an SSL policy.
Runbook: Apply an SSL policy to the listener to force HTTPS.
Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/listener-update-certificates.html#update-security-policy
Tests:
  - Name: LB Using SSL Policy
    ExpectedResult: true
    Resource:
      {
        "AccountId": "123456789012",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/example-lb/1",
        "AvailabilityZones":
          [
            {
              "LoadBalancerAddresses": null,
              "SubnetId": "subnet-1",
              "ZoneName": "us-west-2d",
            },
            {
              "LoadBalancerAddresses": null,
              "SubnetId": "subnet-1",
              "ZoneName": "us-west-2a",
            },
          ],
        "CanonicalHostedZonedId": "AAAA",
        "DNSName": "internal-example-lb-1111.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com",
        "IpAddressType": "ipv4",
        "Listeners":
          [
            {
              "Certificates":
                [
                  {
                    "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:us-west-2:123456789012:certificate/example-cert",
                    "IsDefault": null,
                  },
                ],
              "DefaultActions":
                [
                  {
                    "AuthenticateCognitoConfig": null,
                    "AuthenticateOidcConfig": null,
                    "FixedResponseConfig": null,
                    "Order": null,
                    "RedirectConfig": null,
                    "TargetGroupArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:targetgroup/test-lb-target-group/1",
                    "Type": "forward",
                  },
                ],
              "ListenerArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener/app/example-lb/1/1",
              "LoadBalancerArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/example-lb/1",
              "Port": 443,
              "Protocol": "HTTPS",
              "SslPolicy": "ELBSecurityPolicy-2016-08",
            },
          ],
        "Name": "example-lb",
        "Region": "us-west-2",
        "ResourceId": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/example-lb/1",
        "ResourceType": "AWS.ELBV2.ApplicationLoadBalancer",
        "SSLPolicies":
          {
            "ELBSecurityPolicy-2016-08":
              {
                "Ciphers":
                  [
                    { "Name": "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Priority": 1 },
                    { "Name": "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "Priority": 2 },
                    { "Name": "AES256-SHA", "Priority": 3 },
                  ],
                "Name": "ELBSecurityPolicy-2016-08",
                "SslProtocols": ["TLSv1", "TLSv1.1", "TLSv1.2"],
              },
          },
        "Scheme": "internal",
        "SecurityGroups": ["sg-1"],
        "State": { "Code": "active", "Reason": null },
        "Tags": { "environment": "pci" },
        "TimeCreated": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
        "Type": "application",
        "VpcId": "vpc-1",
        "WebAcl": "1111-2222-3333",
      }
  - Name: LB Not Using SSL Policy
    ExpectedResult: False
    Resource:
      {
        "AccountId": "123456789012",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/example-lb/1",
        "AvailabilityZones":
          [
            {
              "LoadBalancerAddresses": null,
              "SubnetId": "subnet-1",
              "ZoneName": "us-west-2d",
            },
            {
              "LoadBalancerAddresses": null,
              "SubnetId": "subnet-1",
              "ZoneName": "us-west-2a",
            },
          ],
        "CanonicalHostedZonedId": "AAAA",
        "DNSName": "internal-example-lb-1111.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com",
        "IpAddressType": "ipv4",
        "Listeners":
          [
            {
              "Certificates":
                [
                  {
                    "CertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:us-west-2:123456789012:certificate/example-cert",
                    "IsDefault": null,
                  },
                ],
              "DefaultActions":
                [
                  {
                    "AuthenticateCognitoConfig": null,
                    "AuthenticateOidcConfig": null,
                    "FixedResponseConfig": null,
                    "Order": null,
                    "RedirectConfig": null,
                    "TargetGroupArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:targetgroup/test-lb-target-group/1",
                    "Type": "forward",
                  },
                ],
              "ListenerArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:listener/app/example-lb/1/1",
              "LoadBalancerArn": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/example-lb/1",
              "Port": 443,
              "Protocol": "HTTPS",
              "SslPolicy": "ELBSecurityPolicy-2016-08",
            },
          ],
        "Name": "example-lb",
        "Region": "us-west-2",
        "ResourceId": "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:us-west-2:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/example-lb/1",
        "ResourceType": "AWS.ELBV2.ApplicationLoadBalancer",
        "SSLPolicies": null,
        "Scheme": "internal",
        "SecurityGroups": ["sg-1"],
        "State": { "Code": "active", "Reason": null },
        "Tags": { "environment": "pci" },
        "TimeCreated": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
        "Type": "application",
        "VpcId": "vpc-1",
        "WebAcl": "1111-2222-3333",
      }

Detection logic

Condition

SSLPolicies not is_not_null

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

Field	Kind	Excluded values
`SSLPolicies`	is_not_null	(no value, null check)

`j` / `k`	Scroll down / up
`d` / `u`	Half-page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

AWS Enforces SSL Policies

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Rule body yaml

Detection logic

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