transparent-encryption-disabled: Transparent Data Encryption - Disabled

2025-08-01 transparent encryption disabled PoC Public

Description

Alibaba Cloud Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is disabled, meaning sensitive data at rest is not encrypted automatically. This may expose the data to unauthorized access, compromising confidentiality and security.

PoC

id: transparent-encryption-disabled

info:
  name: Transparent Data Encryption - Disabled
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Alibaba Cloud Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) is disabled, meaning sensitive data at rest is not encrypted automatically. This may expose the data to unauthorized access, compromising confidentiality and security.
  reference:
    - https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/rds/apsaradb-rds-for-postgresql/enable-tde-for-an-apsaradb-rds-for-postgresql-instance-and-use-tde
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/alibaba-cloud/AlibabaCloud-RDS/enable-sql-database-tde.html
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
  tags: cloud,devops,aliyun,alibaba,alibaba-cloud-config,alibaba-rds

variables:
  region: "cn-hangzhou"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let DBInstanceId of iterate(template.dbinstanceid)){
    set("dbinstanceid", DBInstanceId)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aliyun rds DescribeDBInstances --region $region

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: dbinstanceid
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.Items.DBInstance[].DBInstanceId'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash

    source: |
      aliyun rds DescribeDBInstanceTDE --DBInstanceId $dbinstanceid --region $region

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '"TDEStatus": "Disabled"'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'dbinstanceid + " Transparent Data Encryption is Disabled "'
# digest: 490a004630440220124e98dd4905cc95b3f61fe3ce77c32f5753feed8760539b76e8d8414dff15de02203f33711fafa6819d58182b4652d88435a1dabb7f4d7a93130ec81ef27116b5fc:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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