rds-log-export-disabled: RDS Log Exports - Disabled

id: rds-log-export-disabled

info:
  name: RDS Log Exports - Disabled
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: low
  description: |
    Ensure that your Amazon RDS database instances have the Log Exports feature enabled in order to publish database log events directly to CloudWatch Logs.
  impact: |
    Critical database logs are not exported, limiting visibility into performance issues, security events, and troubleshooting capabilities.
  remediation: |
    Enable RDS log exports in the AWS Management Console or via CLI/API by configuring the desired logs (e.g., slow query, general, error logs) for export to CloudWatch.
  reference:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/RDS/log-exports.html
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_LogAccess.html
  tags: cloud,devops,aws,amazon,rds,aws-cloud-config

variables:
  region: "us-west-2"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let DBClusterIdentifier of iterate(template.dbclusters)){
    set("dbcluster", DBClusterIdentifier)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aws rds describe-db-instances --region $region --output table --query 'DBInstances[?Engine==`mysql` || Engine==`aurora-mysql` || Engine==`mariadb`].DBInstanceIdentifier | []' --output json

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash

    source: |
        aws rds describe-db-instances --region $region --db-instance-identifier $dbcluster --query 'DBInstances[*].EnabledCloudwatchLogsExports' --output json

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '[]'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'dbcluster + " RDS Log Exports is Disabled"'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ff5305d98e5706c910b91e026ac4a447d834665d2a673e23444625f09824ea70022100fb2ce3504e802d1d71e587eb957b2da1b6b9449078ddcd21c0f74a33f9ce8823:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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