AMI shared with other accounts or Organizations
MEDIUMWhat's the problem
The AMI grants launch permission to account IDs, an AWS Organization or OUs. Sharing golden AMIs inside your Organization is normal — confirm each target
How 6WAF detects it
- Deterministic checks through AWS API calls (IAM, S3, EC2/VPC, CloudTrail, KMS) — no LLM is used for detection; severity is the value the scanner assigns, shown above.
- Scanning uses an IAM Role you deploy yourself via CloudFormation; 6WAF stores no credentials and you revoke access any time by deleting the stack.
- Automated scoring covers only part of the scope of standards such as ISO 27001 — this is a technical assessment, not a certification.
Pillar: Security — Fast Scan
Group: Data protection (S3, EBS, KMS, snapshots, AMIs)
Reference standard: 6WAF classification
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