Ensure service accounts use instance principals
Applications should use instance principals instead of user credentials.
Security Impact
Stored credentials can be exposed and are difficult to rotate.
How to Remediate
Configure dynamic groups for compute instances. Use instance principal authentication in code.
Affected Resources
Compliance Frameworks
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Check Details
- Check ID
- oracle-iam-8
- Service
- Oracle Cloud Identity and Access Management
- Category
- Identity Management
- Severity
- HIGH
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