terraform.gcp.security.gcp-compute-template-ip-forward.gcp-compute-template-ip-forward

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Ensure that IP forwarding is not enabled on Instances. This lets the instance act as a traffic router and receive traffic not intended for it, which may route traffic through unintended passages.

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Defintion

rules:
  - id: gcp-compute-template-ip-forward
    patterns:
      - pattern: resource
      - pattern-inside: |
          resource "google_compute_instance_template" "..." {
          ...
          can_ip_forward = true
          ...
          }
    message: Ensure that IP forwarding is not enabled on Instances. This lets the
      instance act as a traffic router and receive traffic not intended for it,
      which may route traffic through unintended passages.
    metadata:
      owasp:
        - A05:2017 - Broken Access Control
        - A01:2021 - Broken Access Control
      cwe:
        - "CWE-284: Improper Access Control"
      category: security
      references:
        - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/ComputeEngine/disable-ip-forwarding.html
      technology:
        - terraform
        - gcp
      subcategory:
        - audit
      likelihood: LOW
      impact: LOW
      confidence: LOW
      license: Commons Clause License Condition v1.0[LGPL-2.1-only]
      vulnerability_class:
        - Improper Authorization
    languages:
      - hcl
    severity: INFO

Examples

gcp-compute-template-ip-forward.tf

# fail
# ruleid: gcp-compute-template-ip-forward
resource "google_compute_instance_template" "fail" {
    name         = "test"
    source_instance_template = google_compute_instance_template.default.id
    can_ip_forward = true
}

# ok: gcp-compute-template-ip-forward
resource "google_compute_instance_template" "success" {
    name         = "test"
    source_instance_template = google_compute_instance_template.default.id
}

# ok: gcp-compute-template-ip-forward
resource "google_compute_instance_template" "success2" {
    name         = "gke-test"
    source_instance_template = google_compute_instance_template.default.id
    can_ip_forward = false
}