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Compute instances should disable legacy Instance Metadata Service (IMDSv1) endpoints. IMDSv1 is vulnerable to SSRF attacks that can expose instance credentials to attackers

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Risk Level

Medium

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Address

Compliance, Security

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Compliance Standards

  • APRA CPS 234 (Australia)
  • BSI C5 (Germany)
  • Brazil LGPD
  • CCPA / CPRA (California)
  • CIS Critical Security Controls v8
  • CMMC 2.0
  • CSA Cloud Controls Matrix v4
  • Cloudanix Best Practice
  • DPDPA
  • Digital Operational Resilience Act (EU)
  • Essential 8
  • ISO/IEC 27017
  • ISO/IEC 27018
  • ISO/IEC 27701
  • KSA PDPL
  • MAS Technology Risk Management (Singapore)
  • MITRE ATT&CK (Cloud)
  • NIS2 Directive
  • NIST CSF
  • NIST SP 800-171
  • NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500
  • SWIFT Customer Security Controls Framework
  • Sarbanes-Oxley IT General Controls
  • UK NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework

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Triage and Remediation

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Remediation

Using Console

Refer to the remediation guidance for this control. Detailed console, CLI and Python steps are being generated.