AWSOverview
SSL/TLS server certificate is required to enable HTTPS connections to your website or application in AWS. You can use ACM or IAM to store and deploy server certificates. IAM securely encrypts your private keys and stores the encrypted version in IAM SSL certificate storage. IAM supports deploying server certificates in all regions, but you must obtain your certificate from an external provider for use with AWS.
You cannot upload an ACM certificate to IAM. Additionally, you cannot manage your certificates from the IAM Console. Use IAM as a certificate manager only when you need HTTPS connections in a region that is not supported by ACM.
Removing expired SSL/TLS certificates eliminates the risk that an invalid certificate will be deployed accidentally to a resource such as AWS Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), which can damage the credibility of the application/website behind the ELB. As a best practice, it is recommended to delete expired certificates.
Also have to update configurations at respective services to ensure there is no interruption in application/website access.
Remediation guidance
From Command Line
Run the following command to delete the expired certificate:
aws iam delete-server-certificate --server-certificate-name <certificateName>
When the preceding command is successful, it does not return any output.
Note: By default, expired certificates never get deleted.
Service-wide remediation
Recommended when many resources are affected: fix the platform baseline first so new resources inherit the secure setting, then remediate the existing flagged resources in batches.
AWS
Use AWS Organizations guardrails, AWS Config rules or conformance packs where they fit, approved account baselines, and IaC modules so new resources inherit the secure setting.
Operational rollout
- Fix the baseline first at the account, subscription, project, cluster, or tenant scope that owns this control.
- Remediate the currently affected resources in batches, starting with internet-exposed and production assets.
- Re-scan and track approved exceptions with an owner and expiry date.
Query logic
These are the stored checks tied to this control.
All the expired SSL/TLS certificates stored in AWS IAM are removed
Connectors
Covered asset types
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