azure-appservice-client-cert-disabled: Azure App Service Client Certificate Not Required

2025-08-01 Azure App Service PoC Public

Description

Ensure that your Microsoft Azure App Service web applications are configured to require an SSL certificate from all incoming requests, for security and compliance purposes. Once the certificate is implemented, only web clients that have this valid SSL certificate will be able to reach your web application. By default, incoming client certificates are disabled for Azure App Service web applications.

PoC

id: azure-appservice-client-cert-disabled
info:
  name: Azure App Service Client Certificate Not Required
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that your Microsoft Azure App Service web applications are configured to require an SSL certificate from all incoming requests, for security and compliance purposes. Once the certificate is implemented, only web clients that have this valid SSL certificate will be able to reach your web application. By default, incoming client certificates are disabled for Azure App Service web applications.
  impact: |
    If incoming client certificates are not required, unauthorized clients might be able to access the web application, which can lead to security breaches.
  remediation: |
    Configure Azure App Services to require SSL certificates for incoming requests to enhance security and compliance with regulations.
  reference:
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-ssl-certificate#require-incoming-certificate
  tags: cloud,devops,azure,microsoft,appservice,azure-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1);
  for (let WebAppId of iterate(template.webAppIds)) {
    set("ids", WebAppId);
    code(2);
  }

self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az webapp list --output json --query '[*].id'

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: webAppIds
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[]'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az webapp show --ids "$ids" --query 'clientCertEnabled' --output json

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "false"

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Client certificate not required for " + id'
# digest: 4a0a00473045022030eeea21562d0eb4fb1777807f3165349ffc47ca3fdab23e58f07a8657d3a1fc022100e9e92e23386432d2bb74bb1b4a43d791ce3980d10d734dcee9fb6703854f7f81:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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