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Load balancer endpoint does not enforce HTTPS Affecting ELB service in AWS

Severity

0.0
critical
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    Keys and Secrets / Access

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00311
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Description

The content could be intercepted and manipulated in transit.

How to fix?

Set the load balancer listener protocol attribute to HTTPS or TLS.

Example Configuration

resource "aws_lb_listener" "https" {
  load_balancer_arn = "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:lb"
  port              = "443"
  protocol          = "HTTPS"

  default_action {
    type = "forward"
  }
}