Ensure EC2 Auto Scaling groups use launch templates
Auto Scaling groups should use launch templates instead of launch configurations for better version control and feature support.
Security Impact
Launch configurations are legacy and do not support newer features like IMDSv2 enforcement.
How to Remediate
Create launch templates from existing launch configurations and update Auto Scaling groups to use them.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-ec2-18
- Service
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Category
- Instance Configuration
- Severity
- LOW
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