# Public database

A database that enables public network access in Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Pulumi YAML, a Pulumi program, or Docker Compose.

Area: Security

## What you need to supply

The infrastructure text you paste or send from your editor. The check does not connect to the database.

## If it reports a finding

High severity. The suggested next step is to disable public access and connect through a private network.

## What this does not prove

A public setting that is computed outside the submitted text is not evaluated. No finding does not prove the database is private.

## Setting that this check is written to notice

```
resource "aws_db_instance" "app" {
  publicly_accessible = true
}
```

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