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# Azure Storage account container storing activity logs is publicly accessible misconfiguration detect

## Rule Details

|                        |                                      |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC2\_AZURE\_8                    |
| Category - Subcategory | Public Exposure - Storage Buckets    |
| Provider               | AZURE                                |
| Severity               | LOW                                  |
| Framework              | Terraform, Terraform Plan            |
| Mapped CSPM/KSPM Rule  | 499c23da-b67f-441a-81e3-9fc0fd05ea75 |

## Impact

The storage account container containing the activity log export should not be publicly accessible. Allowing public access to activity log content may aid an adversary in identifying weaknesses in the affected account's use or configuration.

Configuring container Access policy to *private* will remove access from the container for everyone except owners of the storage account.

Access policy needs to be set explicitly in order to allow access to other desired users.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* azurerm\_storage\_container, azurerm\_storage\_account, azurerm\_monitor\_activity\_log\_alert

* *Arguments:* container\_access\_type (of *azurerm\_storage\_container)* \[source,go]

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{ "resource "azurerm\_storage\_container" "ok\_container" { name = "vhds" storage\_account\_name = azurerm\_storage\_account.ok\_account.name

* container\_access\_type = "private" }

resource "azurerm\_storage\_account" "ok\_account" { name = "examplesa" resource\_group\_name = azurerm\_resource\_group.main.name location = azurerm\_resource\_group.main.location account\_tier = "Standard" account\_replication\_type = "GRS" }

resource "azurerm\_monitor\_activity\_log\_alert" "ok\_monitor\_activity\_log\_alert" { name = "example-activitylogalert" resource\_group\_name = azurerm\_resource\_group.main.name scopes = \[azurerm\_resource\_group.main.id] description = "This alert will monitor a specific storage account updates."

criteria { resource\_id = azurerm\_storage\_account.ok\_account.id operation\_name = "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write" category = "Recommendation" }

action { action\_group\_id = azurerm\_monitor\_action\_group.main.id

webhook\_properties = { from = "terraform" }

} }

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