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AWS Security Hub - Detect SQS Queue policy allowing public access
Description
This query detects Amazon SQS queues with access policies that allow public (unauthenticated or cross-account unrestricted) access, using AWS Security Hub control SQS.3 findings.
Publicly accessible queues can enable data exfiltration, unauthorized message injection, or disruption of workflows.
- Rule type
- Scheduled
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Declared status
- Available
- Query frequency
- 1h
- Query period
- 1h
- Trigger
- gt 0
Declared MITRE coverage
Declared sources
Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.
Connectors
Data types
KQL query
Original query, unchanged.
AWSSecurityHubFindings
| where RecordState == "ACTIVE" and ComplianceStatus == "FAILED"
| where tostring(AwsSecurityFindingGeneratorId) == "security-control/SQS.3"
or tostring(ComplianceSecurityControlId) == "SQS.3"
| mv-expand Resource = Resources
| where tostring(Resource.Type) == "AwsSqsQueue"
| extend QueueArn = tostring(Resource.Id)
| summarize TimeGenerated = max(TimeGenerated)
by AwsAccountId, AwsRegion, AwsSecurityFindingTitle, AwsSecurityFindingDescription,
AwsSecurityFindingId, ComplianceSecurityControlId, QueueArn
Declared entities
Related content
Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.
Source provenance
GitHubDisplayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.
- Commit
9800e51↗- Source identifier
4f0f3c2a-8d44-43f8-9d9a-5b1e0d5f2c11
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING
Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC