More Info:

This rule checks the deployment mode configured for the Amazon MQ RabbitMQ broker engine. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the default single-instance broker mode is being used.

Risk Level

Low

Address

Configuration

Compliance Standards

CBP

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To remediate the misconfiguration of having “MQ Rabbit Has Deployment Mode” for AWS Security Groups using the AWS console, you can follow these step-by-step instructions:

  1. Login to AWS Console:

  2. Navigate to the EC2 Service:

    • In the AWS Management Console, navigate to the EC2 service by clicking on “Services” in the top left corner and selecting “EC2” under the Compute section.
  3. Select Security Groups:

    • In the EC2 Dashboard, locate and click on “Security Groups” in the navigation pane on the left side of the screen.
  4. Identify the Security Group:

    • Identify the specific security group associated with the MQ Rabbit service that has the deployment mode misconfiguration.
  5. Edit Inbound Rules:

    • Select the identified security group by clicking on the checkbox next to it, and then click on the “Inbound Rules” tab at the bottom of the page.
  6. Review and Modify Inbound Rules:

    • Review the inbound rules configured for the security group. Look for any rules that allow unrestricted access (0.0.0.0/0) to the MQ Rabbit service or any other services that should not have public access.
  7. Update Inbound Rules:

    • Modify the inbound rules to restrict access to only the necessary IP addresses or ranges that require access to the MQ Rabbit service. Remove any rules that allow access from all IP addresses (0.0.0.0/0) unless absolutely necessary.
  8. Save Changes:

    • Once you have updated the inbound rules to restrict access appropriately, click on the “Save rules” or “Save” button to apply the changes to the security group.
  9. Verify Changes:

    • After saving the changes, verify that the inbound rules have been updated successfully and that the deployment mode misconfiguration for the MQ Rabbit service has been remediated.

By following these steps and ensuring that the security group associated with the MQ Rabbit service has the correct inbound rules configured, you can remediate the misconfiguration of having “MQ Rabbit Has Deployment Mode” for AWS Security Groups.