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Ensure buckets don't have permissive access policies

### Overview

Category

Controls

High

Applies to

AWSGoogle Cloud

Coverage

2 queries

Asset types

1 covered

Overview

Overview

Cyscale looks for buckets that contain policy permissions that are too broad or unrestricted and allow a wide range of users to access the buckets.

Remediation guidance

Depending on the provider and the service you use, check out the following resources:

AWS

Google Cloud

Service-wide remediation

Recommended when many resources are affected: fix the platform baseline first so new resources inherit the secure setting, then remediate the existing flagged resources in batches.

AWS

Use AWS Organizations guardrails, AWS Config rules or conformance packs where they fit, approved account baselines, and IaC modules so new resources inherit the secure setting.

Google Cloud

Use organization or folder policies where available, shared project templates, logs and alerting baselines, and IaC modules so new resources inherit the secure setting.

Operational rollout

  1. Fix the baseline first at the account, subscription, project, cluster, or tenant scope that owns this control.
  2. Remediate the currently affected resources in batches, starting with internet-exposed and production assets.
  3. Re-scan and track approved exceptions with an owner and expiry date.

Query logic

These are the stored checks tied to this control.

AWS buckets with permissive access policy

Connectors

AWS

Covered asset types

Bucket

Expected check: eq []

{
  buckets(
    where: {
      OR: [
        { policyDocument_MATCHES: ".*arn:aws:iam::[0-9]+:root.*" }
        {
          bucketPolicy: {
            statements_SOME: { effect: "Allow", principals_INCLUDES: "AWS|*" }
          }
        }
        { hasBucketACLGrant_SOME: {
            OR: [
              { granteeURI: "http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers" }
              { granteeURI: "http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AuthenticatedUsers" }
            ]
       }}]
    }
  ) {...AssetFragment}
}
Google Cloud buckets with permissive access policy

Connectors

Google Cloud

Covered asset types

Bucket

Expected check: eq []

{
  buckets(
    where: {
      OR: [
        { iamPolicyDocument_MATCHES: ".*domain:.*" }
        {
          iamBindings_SOME: {
              OR: [
                { members_INCLUDES: "allAuthenticatedUsers" }
                { members_INCLUDES: "allUsers" }
              ]
            }
        }
      ]
    }
  ) {...AssetFragment}
}
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