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Mutual TLS Client Authentication

CCC.LB.CP26

The service may be configured to require and validate client certificates during the TLS handshake, rejecting connections from clients that do not present a certificate issued by a trusted authority.

Related Threats

IDTitleDescription
CCC.LB.TH10Client Certificate Validation Is BypassedMutual TLS may be configured in passthrough mode, with a trust store that contains untrusted certificate authorities, or without revocation checking. Clients that present no certificate or a revoked one are then forwarded to backend targets as if authenticated, compromising the confidentiality and integrity of the resources behind the load balancer.