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# AWS CloudFront web distribution with AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF) service disabled misconf

## Rule Details

|                        |                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC\_AWS\_68                                       |
| Category - Subcategory | Public Exposure - Ingress Controls                    |
| Provider               | AWS                                                   |
| Severity               | LOW                                                   |
| Framework              | CloudFormation, Serverless, Terraform, Terraform Plan |
| Mapped CSPM/KSPM Rule  | 6cec2122-f991-4109-99e6-a49f33fc9b9e                  |

## Impact

AWS WAF gives you control over how traffic reaches your applications by enabling you to create security rules. We recommend that you enable AWS WAF for AWS Cloudfront and that you create rules that block common attack patterns, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and rules that filter out specific traffic patterns that you have defined. With AWS Cloudfront -- WAF integration enabled, you will be able to block any malicious requests made to your Cloudfront Content Delivery Network based on the criteria defined in the WAF Web Access Control List (ACL) associated with the CDN distribution.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* AWS::CloudFront::Distribution

* *Arguments:* Properties.DistributionConfig.WebACLId \[source,go]

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## Type: 'AWS::CloudFront::Distribution' Properties: ... DistributionConfig: ... WebACLId: arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/ExampleWebACL/12345


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