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Remediation

Using AWS CloudFormation​

  • CloudFormation template (YAML):
AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: Enforce IMDSv2 on a specified EC2 instance

Parameters:
  InstanceId:
    Type: String
    Description: EC2 Instance ID to update with IMDSv2 enforcement

Resources:
  EnforceIMDSv2:
    Type: AWS::EC2::Instance
    Properties:
      InstanceId: !Ref InstanceId
      MetadataOptions:
        HttpTokens: required

From Command Line​

  1. Run the describe-instances command using appropriate filtering to list the IDs of all the existing EC2 instances currently available in the selected region:
aws ec2 describe-instances --region <region-name> --output table --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].InstanceId"
  1. The command output should return a table with the requested instance IDs.
  2. Now run the modify-instance-metadata-options command using an instance ID returned at the previous step to update the Instance Metadata Version:
aws ec2 modify-instance-metadata-options --instance-id <instance-id> --http-tokens required --region <region-name>
  1. Repeat steps no. 1 – 3 to perform the remediation process for other EC2 Instances in the same AWS region.
  2. Change the region by updating --region and repeat the entire process for other regions.

From Console​

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
  2. In the left navigation panel, under the INSTANCES section, choose Instances.
  3. Select the EC2 instance that you want to examine.
  4. Choose Actions > Instance Settings > Modify instance metadata options.
  5. Ensure Instance metadata service is set to Enable and set IMDSv2 to Required.
  6. Repeat steps no. 1 – 5 to perform the remediation process for other EC2 Instances in the all applicable AWS region(s).