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RDS Snapshot Publicly Accessible

HIGH

Source

CloudSploit

rds-snapshot-publicly-accessible

management console

RDS Snapshot Publicly Accessible

Ensure that Amazon RDS database snapshots are not publicly exposed.

If an RDS snapshot is exposed to the public, any AWS account can copy the snapshot and create a new database instance from it.

Recommended Actions

Ensure Amazon RDS database snapshot is not publicly accessible and available for any AWS account to copy or restore it.

Links

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_ShareSnapshot.html

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