Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
Containers / Users
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NIST-800-53
- Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00202
- credit Snyk Research Team
Description
Running container processes with a non-root user limits vectors by which the account can be compromised. It also encourages the creation and use of role-based accounts that are least privileged.
How to fix?
In the container_definitions attribute, set user to a non-root user.
0, root, and the default user are all root users.
Example Configuration
resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "valid_user" {
family = "valid_user"
container_definitions = <<EOF
[
{
"name": "valid_user",
"image": "hello-world",
"memory": 128,
"user": "app"
}
]
EOF
requires_compatibilities = ["EC2"]
}