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In transit encryption is disabled for Memory store instances Affecting Redis service in Google

Severity

0.0
high
0
10
Severity Framework
Snyk CCSS
Rule category
General/ Data

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CC-00430
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Description

Unencrypted communication between Redis client and server is vulnerable to eavesdropping and unauthorized modification.

How to fix?

Set transit_encryption_mode to SERVER_AUTHENTICATION.

Example configuration:.

resource "google_redis_instance" "allowed" {
  name                    = "memory-cache"
  memory_size_gb          = 1
  transit_encryption_mode = "SERVER_AUTHENTICATION"
}