Security group contains a redundant CIDR rule

Severity
Info
Service
Security groups
Check ID
SG_CIDR_UNNEEDED

What this check finds

The CIDR in the Security Group cannot be blocked, so including it is not necessary.

Passing looks like: No unneeded security group CIDRs.

How to fix it

Remove the unneeded CIDR rule from the Security Group inbound rules.

AWS console

EC2 → Security Groups → select group → Inbound rules → Edit inbound rules → delete the redundant rule.

Compliance controls it is evidence for

A failing result counts against these controls in KloudLytics; a passing one is evidence towards them. How compliance mapping works

Compliance controls mapped to Security group contains a redundant CIDR rule
FrameworkControls
NIST SP 800-53 Rev5 (Moderate)
  • SC-7 Boundary Protection
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
  • PR.IR-01 Networks and environments are protected from unauthorized logical access and usage
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A
  • A.8.20 Networks security

Checked on every scan

KloudLytics runs this check each time it scans a connected AWS account, through a read-only role, and lists every affected resource with its region. On Pro and Business a fix is written for the specific resource rather than the general case above. The exact access it needs

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