ElasticSearch Domains Should Use The Latest Service Software

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ElasticSearch domains should be running the latest service software. ElasticSearch domains should be configured to run the latest service software which often contains security updates.

Risk Level

Low

Address

Security, Operational Maturity

Compliance Standards

AWSWAF, SOC2, NISTCSF

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

Using Console

Using CLI

To remediate the misconfiguration “ElasticSearch Domains Should Use The Latest Service Software” for AWS using AWS CLI, follow these steps:

Open the AWS CLI on your local machine.
Run the following command to get the list of Elasticsearch domains in your AWS account:

aws es list-domain-names

Identify the Elasticsearch domain that needs to be updated to the latest service software.
Run the following command to get the details of the Elasticsearch domain:

aws es describe-elasticsearch-domain --domain-name <domain-name>

Replace <domain-name> with the name of the Elasticsearch domain that needs to be updated.

Check the value of the ElasticsearchVersion parameter in the output. If it is not the latest version, proceed to the next step.
Run the following command to update the Elasticsearch domain to the latest service software:

aws es update-elasticsearch-domain-config --domain-name <domain-name> --elasticsearch-version "7.10"

Replace <domain-name> with the name of the Elasticsearch domain that needs to be updated. The --elasticsearch-version parameter should be set to the latest version available at the time of remediation. In this example, we have used version 7.10.

Wait for the update to complete. You can check the status of the update by running the following command:

aws es describe-elasticsearch-domain --domain-name <domain-name>

Replace <domain-name> with the name of the Elasticsearch domain that was updated.

Verify that the Elasticsearch domain is now using the latest service software by checking the value of the ElasticsearchVersion parameter in the output of the describe-elasticsearch-domain command.

With these steps, you have successfully remediated the misconfiguration “ElasticSearch Domains Should Use The Latest Service Software” for AWS using AWS CLI.

Using Python

To remediate the misconfiguration of ElasticSearch Domains Should Use The Latest Service Software in AWS using python, you can follow the below steps:

Import the necessary Python libraries: boto3 and json.

import boto3
import json

Create an AWS ElasticSearch client using boto3.

client = boto3.client('es')

Get the list of all Elasticsearch domains in the account using the list_domain_names() method.

domains = client.list_domain_names()['DomainNames']

Loop through each domain and check if the domain is using the latest service software version. You can get the latest Elasticsearch version using the describe_elasticsearch_version() method.

for domain in domains:
    domain_name = domain['DomainName']
    response = client.describe_elasticsearch_version(
        DomainName=domain_name,
        )
    latest_version = response['ElasticsearchVersions'][0]
    domain_info = client.describe_elasticsearch_domain(
        DomainName=domain_name
        )
    current_version = domain_info['DomainStatus']['ElasticsearchVersion']
    if current_version != latest_version:
        print(f"Updating {domain_name} from {current_version} to {latest_version}")
        response = client.update_elasticsearch_domain_config(
            DomainName=domain_name,
            ElasticsearchClusterConfig={
                'ElasticsearchVersion': latest_version,
            }
        )

Finally, run the Python script to remediate the misconfiguration in AWS ElasticSearch domains.

Note: You need to have appropriate AWS credentials configured in your environment to run this script.

Additional Reading:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticsearch-service/latest/developerguide/es-version-migration.html

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ElasticSearch Domains Should Use The Latest Service Software

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Address

Compliance Standards

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

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