HIGH
Source
Trivy
ID
AVD-AWS-0035

ECS Task Definitions with EFS volumes should use in-transit encryption

ECS task definitions that have volumes using EFS configuration should explicitly enable in transit encryption to prevent the risk of data loss due to interception.

Impact

Intercepted traffic to and from EFS may lead to data loss

Follow the appropriate remediation steps below to resolve the issue.

Enable in transit encryption when using efs

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Resources:
  GoodExample:
    Type: 'AWS::ECS::Cluster'
    Properties:
      ClusterName: MyCluster
      ClusterSettings:
        - Name: containerInsights
          Value: enabled
  GoodTask:
    Type: AWS::ECS::TaskDefinition
    Properties:
      Family: "CFSec scan"
      Cpu: 512
      Memory: 1024
      NetworkMode: awsvpc
      RequiresCompatibilities:
        - FARGATE
        - EC2
      ContainerDefinitions:
        - Name: cfsec
          Image: cfsec/cfsec:latest
          MountPoints:
            - SourceVolume: src
              ContainerPath: /src
          LogConfiguration:
            LogDriver: awslogs
            Options:
              awslogs-group: "cfsec-logs"
              awslogs-region: !Ref AWS::Region
              awslogs-stream-prefix: "cfsec"
      Volumes:
        - Name: jenkins-home
          EFSVolumeConfiguration:
            FilesystemId: "fs1"
            TransitEncryption: ENABLED

Enable in transit encryption when using efs

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 resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "good_example" {
 	family                = "service"
 	container_definitions = file("task-definitions/service.json")
   
 	volume {
 	  name = "service-storage"
   
 	  efs_volume_configuration {
 		file_system_id          = aws_efs_file_system.fs.id
 		root_directory          = "/opt/data"
 		transit_encryption      = "ENABLED"
 		transit_encryption_port = 2999
 		authorization_config {
 		  access_point_id = aws_efs_access_point.test.id
 		  iam             = "ENABLED"
 		}
 	  }
 	}
   }