Critical Terraform Vulnerabilities

Overview

The Critical Terraform Vulnerabilities widget displays the count of critical-severity vulnerabilities discovered in your Terraform configurations. These represent the most serious security risks that require immediate attention from IT Operations (IT Ops) and Security Operations (Sec Ops) engineers.

Value for IT and Security Engineers

Security Perspective

• Immediate Risk Assessment: Critical vulnerabilities often represent immediate security threats that could lead to system compromise, data breaches, or unauthorized access.

• Incident Prevention: Identifying critical vulnerabilities before deployment helps prevent security incidents that could have severe business impact.

• Compliance Requirements: Many compliance frameworks require immediate remediation of critical security issues to maintain certification.

Operational Perspective

• Deployment Gates: Critical vulnerabilities often serve as deployment blockers, requiring immediate resolution before infrastructure changes can be promoted to production.

• Resource Prioritization: Helps IT Ops teams prioritize their remediation efforts by focusing on the most critical security issues first.

• Risk Management: Enables teams to quantify and manage high-priority security risks in infrastructure code.

Use Case Scenarios

• Emergency Response: Quickly identify and address critical security flaws in infrastructure configurations.

• Security Validation: Ensure no critical vulnerabilities exist before deploying infrastructure changes.

• Compliance Reporting: Track and report on critical security issues for audit requirements.

Common Critical Vulnerabilities

1. Unrestricted network access (0.0.0.0/0)

2. Unencrypted sensitive data storage

3. Public exposure of critical resources

4. Overprivileged IAM roles

5. Missing authentication controls

Technical Details

• Widget Type: StatsType

• Data Source: SL-Terraform-Critical-Vulnerabilities-Count

• Refresh Rate: Real-time