Load Balancer SSL Should Use Restricted Profile
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Your Load Balancer SSL policy should use Rstricted profile for their SSL negotiation configurationRisk Level
MediumAddress
SecurityCompliance Standards
CBPTriage and Remediation
Remediation
Using Console
Using Console
To remediate the “Load Balancer SSL Should Use Restricted Profile” misconfiguration in GCP using the GCP console, please follow the steps below:
- Open the GCP console and navigate to the Load Balancing page.
- Select the Load Balancer that you want to remediate.
- Click on the “Edit” button to edit the Load Balancer configuration.
- Under the “Frontend configuration” section, locate the SSL certificate that you want to remediate.
- Click on the “Edit” button next to the SSL certificate.
- In the “Certificate details” section, scroll down to the “Certificate profile” option.
- Select the “Restricted” profile from the dropdown menu.
- Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
- Repeat steps 4-8 for all SSL certificates associated with the Load Balancer.
Using CLI
Using CLI
To remediate the “Load Balancer SSL Should Use Restricted Profile” misconfiguration in GCP using GCP CLI, follow these steps:
- Open the Cloud Shell by clicking on the icon on the top right corner of the GCP Console.
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Run the following command to list all the HTTPS load balancers in your project:
- Identify the HTTPS load balancer that needs to be remediated and note down its name.
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Run the following command to update the SSL policy of the HTTPS load balancer:
Replace
[TARGET_HTTPS_PROXY_NAME]with the name of the HTTPS load balancer that needs to be remediated. -
Verify that the SSL policy has been updated by running the following command:
The output should show
sslPolicy: RESTRICTED. - Repeat steps 4-5 for all the HTTPS load balancers in your project that need to be remediated.
Using Python
Using Python
To remediate the “Load Balancer SSL Should Use Restricted Profile” misconfiguration for GCP using Python, follow these steps:
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Install the
google-cloud-load-balancerlibrary using the following command: -
Authenticate with GCP by setting up the environment variable
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALSwith the path to your service account key file. -
Use the
google.cloud.load_balancer_v1beta1module to retrieve the SSL policy that is attached to your load balancer. You can use the following code snippet to achieve this: -
Check if the SSL policy is set to
RESTRICTEDby checking the value of theprofilefield. If theprofileis not set toRESTRICTED, you need to update the SSL policy. You can use the following code snippet to achieve this: -
Verify that the SSL policy has been updated by checking the value of the
profilefield again.