High ECS Regional

ECS task definitions should not share the host's process namespace

NISTISO 27001

Description

Flags ECS task definitions configured to share the host's process namespace with their containers.


Remediation

To configure the pidMode on a task definition, update the task definition to not share the host's process namespace.

Steps

  1. Open the Amazon ECS console.
  2. Navigate to the 'Task Definitions' tab.
  3. Select the task definition to update.
  4. Edit the task definition and ensure 'pidMode' is not set to 'host'.
  5. Update the task definition.

Compliance

NISTISO 27001