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CloudWatch Allows Cross-Account Sharing

Overview​

Check if CloudWatch permits cross-account sharing. Allowing Cross-Account access to CloudWatch may heighten the risk of exposing sensitive information across accounts. To adhere to the principles of least privilege and Zero Trust, ensure that usage permissions are granted on a per-resource basis.

Vendor​

AWS

Cloud Service​

IAM

References​

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_Role.html, https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/Cross-Account-Cross-Region.html

Severity​

3

Item Types​

AWS::IAM::Role