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💼 5.7 Ensure that the EC2 Metadata Service only allows IMDSv2 (Automated)

  • Contextual name: 💼 5.7 Ensure that the EC2 Metadata Service only allows IMDSv2 (Automated)
  • ID: /frameworks/cis-aws-v5.0.0/05/07
  • Located in: 💼 5 Networking

Description​

When enabling the Metadata Service on AWS EC2 instances, users have the option of using either Instance Metadata Service Version 1 (IMDSv1; a request/response method) or Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2; a session-oriented method).

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📝 AWS EC2 Instance IMDSv2 is not enabled 🟢1🟢 x6