iac-security-review

IaC Security Review

Review infrastructure-as-code for security risks by following the full procedure in plays/iac-security-review.md.

Steps

1. Detect IaC Type — Identify the infrastructure technology from file extensions and content:

   • .tf / .tofu files → Terraform/OpenTofu (reference data/secure-code-prompts/terraform.md)
   • Kubernetes manifests (apiVersion, kind: Deployment/Pod/Service) → Kubernetes (reference data/secure-code-prompts/kubernetes.md)
   • CloudFormation templates (AWSTemplateFormatVersion, Resources with AWS::) → CloudFormation (reference data/secure-code-prompts/cloudformation.md)
   • Helm charts (Chart.yaml, templates/) → Kubernetes review with Helm-specific checks

2. Systematic Review by Security Domain (priority order):

   • Identity & Access Management — Overly permissive policies, wildcard permissions, hardcoded credentials, privilege escalation paths
   • Secrets Management — Hardcoded secrets, plaintext credentials, missing vault/secret manager integration
   • Network Security — Open ingress (0.0.0.0/0), unrestricted ports, missing segmentation, public exposure
   • Encryption — Missing encryption at rest/in transit, weak algorithms, default keys
   • Storage Security — Public buckets, unencrypted volumes, missing versioning
   • Logging & Monitoring — Missing audit trails, disabled CloudTrail/audit logging
   • Resource Exposure — Databases, admin interfaces, APIs exposed to internet
   • Supply Chain — Unpinned versions, untrusted sources, unverified modules/images
   • Platform-Specific Risks — Terraform state exposure, K8s privileged containers, CFN nested stack integrity

3. Check Against Benchmarks — Validate configurations against:

   • CIS Benchmarks (AWS/Azure/GCP/Kubernetes)
   • Cloud provider security best practices
   • Pod Security Standards (for Kubernetes)

4. Produce Findings — For each finding: cite resource path, explain the misconfiguration, describe attack scenario, provide fixed code example, rate severity.

Output

Findings sorted by severity using templates/finding.md format, summary with severity counts, and secure configuration improvements section.

References

• CIS Benchmarks (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes)
• OWASP Infrastructure Security Cheat Sheet
• NSA/CISA Kubernetes Hardening Guide
• Cloud provider Well-Architected Frameworks