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💼 [ELB.4] Application Load Balancer should be configured to drop invalid http headers

  • Contextual name: 💼 [ELB.4] Application Load Balancer should be configured to drop invalid http headers

  • ID: /frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/elb/04

  • Located in: 💼 Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

Description​

By default, Application Load Balancers are not configured to drop invalid HTTP header values. Removing these header values prevents HTTP desync attacks.

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