Wildcard principal has been specified in access policy Affecting SQS service in AWS


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
IAM/ Accounts Allocation

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Frameworks
AWS-Well-ArchitectedISO-27001SOC-2
  • Snyk IDSNYK-CC-00148
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Description

Using wild card will grant unnecessary access to any user in the account.

How to fix?

Set Principal attribute in the policy to specific entities for example arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/JohnDoe.