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# AWS ElastiCache Redis cluster automatic version upgrade disabled misconfiguration detected in code

## Rule Details

|                        |                                         |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC\_AWS\_322                        |
| Category - Subcategory | Compute - Unsanctioned Resource Or Type |
| Provider               | AWS                                     |
| Severity               | LOW                                     |
| Framework              | Terraform, Terraform Plan               |
| Mapped CSPM/KSPM Rule  | 0bf65873-3a3a-4141-af26-dd06dde22bb6    |

## Impact

This rule is checking to ensure that auto minor version upgrades are enabled for ElastiCache for Redis cache clusters on AWS. Enabling auto minor version upgrades is important for maintaining the latest security patches and updates, thus preventing potential vulnerabilities. If auto minor version upgrades are not enabled, the cache clusters could be exposed to security risks, performance issues, and might lack new features. Therefore, not turning on auto minor version upgrades is considered a bad practice in terms of security and operational efficiency.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* aws\_elasticache\_cluster

* *Arguments:* auto\_minor\_version\_upgrade

## To fix this issue, we need to ensure that the elasticache being provisioned have the attribute `auto_minor_version_upgrade` set to `true`. This can be achieved by modifying the Terraform code as follows: \[source,go]

## resource "aws\_elasticache\_cluster" "example" { cluster\_id = "cluster-example" engine = "redis" node\_type = "cache.m4.large" num\_cache\_nodes = 2 parameter\_group\_name = "default.redis3.2" auto\_minor\_version\_upgrade = true ... }


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