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🛡️ AWS ELB Load Balancer listener is configured with an outdated security policy🟢

  • Contextual name: 🛡️ Load Balancer listener is configured with an outdated security policy🟢
  • ID: /ce/ca/aws/elb/load-balancer-listener-security-policy
  • Tags:
  • Policy Type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
  • Policy Categories: SECURITY

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Description​

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Description​

This policy identifies AWS Application and Network Load Balancers with listeners configured to use outdated SSL/TLS security policies that permit deprecated protocol versions or weak cryptographic ciphers.

Rationale​

AWS provides predefined security policies for load balancer listeners that govern the protocols and cipher suites used during the SSL/TLS handshake. Older protocol versions, such as TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, are considered insecure and have been deprecated by industry standards and major compliance frameworks.

Modern security policies (for example, ELBSecurityPolicy-TLS13-1-3-2021-06) enforce stronger cryptographic controls by requiring TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3 and by limiting connections to secure, approved cipher suites. Using these policies helps protect data in transit from known cryptographic weaknesses and downgrade attacks.

Audit​

This policy flags an AWS ELB Load Balancer as INCOMPLIANT if any related AWS ELB Load Balancer Listener is configured with a Policy Name that is not one of the following recommended policies:

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Remediation​

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Remediation​

Update the SSL/TLS Security Policy for a Load Balancer Listener​

Applying an up-to-date security policy ensures that only secure protocol versions and strong cryptographic ciphers are used for client connections.

From Command Line​

Run the following command to update the SSL/TLS policy associated with the HTTPS listener:

aws elbv2 modify-listener \
    --listener-arn {{listener-arn}} \
    --ssl-policy ELBSecurityPolicy-TLS13-1-3-2021-06

policy.yaml​

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Linked Framework Sections​

SectionSub SectionsInternal RulesPoliciesFlagsCompliance
💼 AWS Foundational Security Best Practices v1.0.0 → 💼 [ELB.17] Application and Network Load Balancers with listeners should use recommended security policies1no data
💼 Cloudaware Framework → 💼 Data Encryption70no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement (M)(H)237103no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 AC-17(2) Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption (M)(H)21no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 IA-5(1) Password-based Authentication (L)(M)(H)113no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 SC-7(4) External Telecommunications Services (M)(H)47no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity (L)(M)(H)1825no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 SC-8(1) Cryptographic Protection (L)(M)(H)824no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 SC-13 Cryptographic Protection (L)(M)(H)1643no data
💼 FedRAMP High Security Controls → 💼 SC-23 Session Authenticity (M)(H)721no data
💼 FedRAMP Low Security Controls → 💼 IA-5(1) Password-based Authentication (L)(M)(H)13no data
💼 FedRAMP Low Security Controls → 💼 SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity (L)(M)(H)125no data
💼 FedRAMP Low Security Controls → 💼 SC-8(1) Cryptographic Protection (L)(M)(H)24no data
💼 FedRAMP Low Security Controls → 💼 SC-13 Cryptographic Protection (L)(M)(H)43no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement (M)(H)187no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 AC-17(2) Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption (M)(H)21no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 IA-5(1) Password-based Authentication (L)(M)(H)13no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 SC-7(4) External Telecommunications Services (M)(H)47no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity (L)(M)(H)125no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 SC-8(1) Cryptographic Protection (L)(M)(H)24no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 SC-13 Cryptographic Protection (L)(M)(H)43no data
💼 FedRAMP Moderate Security Controls → 💼 SC-23 Session Authenticity (M)(H)21no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 DE.CM-09: Computing hardware and software, runtime environments, and their data are monitored to find potentially adverse events179no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 ID.AM-03: Representations of the organization's authorized network communication and internal and external network data flows are maintained87no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 PR.DS-01: The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-at-rest are protected185no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 PR.DS-02: The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-in-transit are protected158no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 PR.DS-10: The confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data-in-use are protected183no data
💼 NIST CSF v2.0 → 💼 PR.IR-01: Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage122no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement3269121no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 AC-17(2) Remote Access _ Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption1221no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 IA-5(1) Authenticator Management _ Password-based Authentication13no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-7(4) Boundary Protection _ External Telecommunications Services47no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-8 Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity5825no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-8(1) Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity _ Cryptographic Protection823no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-8(2) Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity _ Pre- and Post-transmission Handling16no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-12(3) Cryptographic Key Establishment and Management _ Asymmetric Keys10no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-13 Cryptographic Protection432no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-23 Session Authenticity515no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SC-23(3) Session Authenticity _ Unique System-generated Session Identifiers14no data
💼 NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5 → 💼 SI-7(6) Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity _ Cryptographic Protection27no data