Monitor OS Vulnerabilities setting is not enabled

More Info:

Enable OS Vulnerabilities recommendations for virtual machines.

Risk Level

Low

Address

Security, Operational Maturity

Compliance Standards

SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

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Using Python

To remediate the “Monitor OS Vulnerabilities setting is not enabled” misconfiguration in Azure using Python, you can use the Azure SDK for Python. Here are the step-by-step instructions:

Install the Azure SDK for Python using pip:

pip install azure-mgmt-monitor

Import the necessary modules:

from azure.common.credentials import ServicePrincipalCredentials
from azure.mgmt.monitor import MonitorManagementClient

Authenticate to Azure using a service principal:

credentials = ServicePrincipalCredentials(
    client_id='<your-client-id>',
    secret='<your-client-secret>',
    tenant='<your-tenant-id>'
)

Instantiate the MonitorManagementClient using the authenticated credentials:

client = MonitorManagementClient(credentials, '<your-subscription-id>')

Get the existing diagnostic settings for the resource you want to remediate:

resource_id = '/subscriptions/<your-subscription-id>/resourceGroups/<your-resource-group>/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/<your-vm-name>'
settings = client.diagnostic_settings.list(resource_id)

Check if the “Security” diagnostic setting is already enabled:

security_setting = next((s for s in settings if s.name.value == 'Security'), None)
if security_setting and security_setting.enabled:
    print('Security diagnostic setting is already enabled')
else:
    print('Security diagnostic setting is not enabled')

If the “Security” diagnostic setting is not enabled, enable it:

if not security_setting:
    security_setting = client.diagnostic_settings.create_or_update(
        resource_id,
        'Security',
        {
            'event_hub_name': '<your-event-hub-name>',
            'event_hub_authorization_rule_id': '<your-event-hub-auth-rule-id>',
            'logs': [
                {
                    'category': 'Security',
                    'enabled': True,
                    'retentionPolicy': {
                        'enabled': True,
                        'days': 30
                    }
                }
            ],
            'metrics': []
        }
    )
    print('Security diagnostic setting enabled')
else:
    security_setting.enabled = True
    security_setting = client.diagnostic_settings.create_or_update(resource_id, 'Security', security_setting)
    print('Security diagnostic setting updated')

Note: Replace <your-client-id>, <your-client-secret>, <your-tenant-id>, <your-subscription-id>, <your-resource-group>, <your-vm-name>, <your-event-hub-name>, and <your-event-hub-auth-rule-id> with your own values.These steps will enable the “Monitor OS Vulnerabilities” setting for the specified virtual machine in Azure.

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Monitor OS Vulnerabilities setting is not enabled

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Risk Level

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​More Info:

​Risk Level

​Address

​Compliance Standards

​Triage and Remediation

​Remediation

More Info:

Risk Level

Address

Compliance Standards

Triage and Remediation

Remediation