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AutoScaling.3
Auto Scaling group launch configurations should configure EC2 instances to require Instance Metadata Service Version 2 (IMDSv2)
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Cloud Platforms
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Related Standards
Automated
HIGH
AWS
AWS AutoScaling
AWS Foundational Best Practice, NIST.800-53.r5,
This control checks whether only IMDSv2 is enabled. This control fails if the metadata version is not included in the launch configuration or if both IMDSv1 and IMDSv2 are enabled.
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