azure-policy-not-allowed-types-unassigned: Azure Policy - Not Allowed Resource Types Policy Assignment Not in Use

2025-08-01 Azure Policy PoC Public

Description

Ensure that a "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy is assigned to your Azure subscriptions in order to deny deploying restricted resources within your Azure cloud account for security and compliance purposes. Microsoft Azure Policy service allows you to enforce organizational standards and assess cloud compliance at-scale. The "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy assignment must use the built-in policy definition which enables you to specify the cloud resource types that your organization cannot deploy.

PoC

id: azure-policy-not-allowed-types-unassigned
info:
  name: Azure Policy - Not Allowed Resource Types Policy Assignment Not in Use
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that a "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy is assigned to your Azure subscriptions in order to deny deploying restricted resources within your Azure cloud account for security and compliance purposes. Microsoft Azure Policy service allows you to enforce organizational standards and assess cloud compliance at-scale. The "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy assignment must use the built-in policy definition which enables you to specify the cloud resource types that your organization cannot deploy.
  impact: |
    Failure to assign the "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy can result in unauthorized resource deployment, potentially violating compliance and security policies.
  remediation: |
    Assign the "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy to your Azure subscriptions to ensure compliance with corporate standards and prevent unauthorized resource deployment.
  reference:
    - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/concepts/definition-structure
  tags: cloud,devops,azure,microsoft,azure-policy,azure-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1);
  for (let AssignmentData of iterate(template.policyAssignmentList)) {
    AssignmentData = JSON.parse(AssignmentData);
    set("name", AssignmentData.name);
    set("policyDefinitionId", AssignmentData.policyDefinitionId);
    code(2);
  }

self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az policy assignment list --output json --query '[*].{"name":displayName,"policyDefinitionId":policyDefinitionId}'

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      az policy definition show --name "$name" --query 'displayName' --output json

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: stderr
        words:
          - 'Audit virtual machines without disaster recovery configured'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Policy " + name + " not enforcing allowed resource types"'
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203b548ddd498f74f432291fc22dd75a8f8067e721cf7245cfb1c81d48a25f5da5022100c14cf3c3d86160d84e3f27be562fd8852c0a08da6779361682cd2dda1f4cfed0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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