Findings

AppSync Graphql API is missing WAF

Updated: June 19, 2025

Description

The AWS AppSync Graphql API is missing a WAF implementation.

Remediation

Attach an AWS WAF to the AppSync Graphql API

Security Frameworks

Separate information flows logically or physically using [Assignment: organization-defined mechanisms and/or techniques] to accomplish [Assignment: organization-defined required separations by types of information].

Perform security and privacy compliance checks on constituent system components prior to the establishment of the internal connection.

  1. Develop, document, and maintain under configuration control, a current baseline configuration of the system; and
  2. Review and update the baseline configuration of the system:
  1. [Assignment: organization-defined frequency];
  2. When required due to [Assignment: organization-defined circumstances]; and
  3. When system components are installed or upgraded.

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