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EC2 Instance has a Public IP Address

Overview

Check to see if an instance has a public IP address (of any type) attached. Instances should not be assigned a public IP address since this potentially exposes them directly to the Internet.

Vendor

AWS

Cloud Service

EC2

CSMM v1 NET-03.1, EC2.9

References

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-instance-addressing.html

Severity

3

Item Types

AWS::EC2::Instance