Ensure EC2 serial console access is disabled
EC2 serial console provides text-based access to instances and should be disabled unless required for troubleshooting.
Security Impact
Serial console access bypasses normal network security controls and can be used for unauthorized access.
How to Remediate
Disable EC2 serial console access at the account level: aws ec2 disable-serial-console-access
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- aws-ec2-27
- Service
- Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
- Category
- Access Control
- Severity
- MEDIUM
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