Aws Root Signing Certificates
Description
Detects if the AWS root user account has active signing certificates. Having active signing certificates on the root account represents a security risk since these certificates can be used to make programmatic requests to AWS, which violates the principle of not using root credentials for day-to-day operations.
Detection Strategy
• Retrieves and analyzes the AWS account's IAM credential report
• Checks if either certificate 1 or certificate 2 is active for the root user (first entry in credential report)
• Reports a vulnerability if any root user signing certificate is marked as 'active'
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