Prowler Fixers (Remediations)

Prowler allows you to fix some of the failed findings it identifies. You can use the --fixer flag to run the fixes that are available for the checks that failed.

prowler <provider> -c <check_to_fix_1> <check_to_fix_2> ... --fixer

You can see all the available fixes for each provider with the --list-remediations or --list-fixers flag.

prowler <provider> --list-fixers

It’s important to note that using the fixers for Access Analyzer, GuardDuty, and SecurityHub may incur additional costs. These AWS services might trigger actions or deploy resources that can lead to charges on your AWS account.

Writing a Fixer

To write a fixer, you need to create a file called <check_id>_fixer.py inside the check folder, with a function called fixer that receives either the region or the resource to be fixed as a parameter, and returns a boolean value indicating if the fix was successful or not. For example, the regional fixer for the ec2_ebs_default_encryption check, which enables EBS encryption by default in a region, would look like this:

from prowler.lib.logger import logger
from prowler.providers.aws.services.ec2.ec2_client import ec2_client


def fixer(region):
    """
    Enable EBS encryption by default in a region. Note: Custom KMS keys for EBS Default Encryption may be overwritten. Requires the ec2:EnableEbsEncryptionByDefault permission.
    It can be set as follows:
    {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
            {
                "Effect": "Allow",
                "Action": "ec2:EnableEbsEncryptionByDefault",
                "Resource": "*"
            }
        ]
    }
    Args:
        region (str): AWS region
    Returns:
        bool: True if EBS encryption by default is enabled, False otherwise
    """
    try:
        regional_client = ec2_client.regional_clients[region]
        return regional_client.enable_ebs_encryption_by_default()[
            "EbsEncryptionByDefault"
        ]
    except Exception as error:
        logger.error(
            f"{region} -- {error.__class__.__name__}[{error.__traceback__.tb_lineno}]: {error}"
        )
        return False

On the other hand, the fixer for the s3_account_level_public_access_blocks check, which enables the account-level public access blocks for S3, would look like this:

from prowler.lib.logger import logger
from prowler.providers.aws.services.s3.s3control_client import s3control_client


def fixer(resource_id: str) -> bool:
    """
    Enable S3 Block Public Access for the account. Note: Custom KMS keys for EBS Default Encryption may be overwritten. By blocking all S3 public access you may break public S3 buckets.
    Requires the s3:PutAccountPublicAccessBlock permission:
    {
        "Version": "2012-10-17",
        "Statement": [
            {
                "Effect": "Allow",
                "Action": "s3:PutAccountPublicAccessBlock",
                "Resource": "*"
            }
        ]
    }
    Returns:
        bool: True if S3 Block Public Access is enabled, False otherwise
    """
    try:
        s3control_client.client.put_public_access_block(
            AccountId=resource_id,
            PublicAccessBlockConfiguration={
                "BlockPublicAcls": True,
                "IgnorePublicAcls": True,
                "BlockPublicPolicy": True,
                "RestrictPublicBuckets": True,
            },
        )
    except Exception as error:
        logger.error(
            f"{error.__class__.__name__}[{error.__traceback__.tb_lineno}]: {error}"
        )
        return False
    else:
        return True

Fixer Config file

For some fixers, you can have configurable parameters depending on your use case. You can either use the default config file in prowler/config/fixer_config.yaml or create a custom config file and pass it to the fixer with the --fixer-config flag. The config file should be a YAML file with the following structure:

# Fixer configuration file
aws:
  # ec2_ebs_default_encryption
  # No configuration needed for this check

  # s3_account_level_public_access_blocks
  # No configuration needed for this check

  # iam_password_policy_* checks:
  iam_password_policy:
      MinimumPasswordLength: 14
      RequireSymbols: True
      RequireNumbers: True
      RequireUppercaseCharacters: True
      RequireLowercaseCharacters: True
      AllowUsersToChangePassword: True
      MaxPasswordAge: 90
      PasswordReusePrevention: 24
      HardExpiry: False

  # accessanalyzer_enabled
  accessanalyzer_enabled:
    AnalyzerName: "DefaultAnalyzer"
    AnalyzerType: "ACCOUNT_UNUSED_ACCESS"

  # guardduty_is_enabled
  # No configuration needed for this check

  # securityhub_enabled
  securityhub_enabled:
    EnableDefaultStandards: True

  # cloudtrail_multi_region_enabled
  cloudtrail_multi_region_enabled:
    TrailName: "DefaultTrail"
    S3BucketName: "my-cloudtrail-bucket"
    IsMultiRegionTrail: True
    EnableLogFileValidation: True
    # CloudWatchLogsLogGroupArn: "arn:aws:logs:us-east-1:123456789012:log-group:my-cloudtrail-log-group"
    # CloudWatchLogsRoleArn: "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/my-cloudtrail-role"
    # KmsKeyId: "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:123456789012:key/1234abcd-12ab-34cd-56ef-1234567890ab"

  # kms_cmk_rotation_enabled
  # No configuration needed for this check

  # ec2_ebs_snapshot_account_block_public_access
  ec2_ebs_snapshot_account_block_public_access:
    State: "block-all-sharing"

  # ec2_instance_account_imdsv2_enabled
  # No configuration needed for this check

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