Control: EC2 auto scaling group launch configurations user data should not have any sensitive data
Description
Ensure that sensitive information is not included in the user data of the launch configuration. It is recommended to utilize Secrets Manager as an alternative for securely managing sensitive data.
Usage
Run the control in your terminal:
powerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.autoscaling_ec2_launch_configuration_no_sensitive_data
Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:
powerpipe loginpowerpipe control run aws_compliance.control.autoscaling_ec2_launch_configuration_no_sensitive_data --share
SQL
This control uses a named query:
select launch_configuration_arn as resource, case when user_data like any (array [ '%pass%', '%secret%', '%token%', '%key%' ]) or user_data ~ '(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d)(?=.*[@$!%*?&])[A-Za-z\d@$!%*?&]' then 'alarm' else 'ok' end as status, case when user_data like any (array [ '%pass%', '%secret%', '%token%', '%key%' ]) or user_data ~ '(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*\d)(?=.*[@$!%*?&])[A-Za-z\d@$!%*?&]' then title || ' has potential secret patterns in user data.' else title || ' does not contain secret patterns in user data.' end as reason , region, account_idfrom aws_ec2_launch_configuration;