Pipeline: 9.8 Ensure that 'Python version' is currently supported (if in use)

Description

Periodically, older versions of Python may be deprecated and no longer supported. Using a supported version of Python for app services is recommended to avoid potential unpatched vulnerabilities.

Deprecated and unsupported versions of programming and scripting languages can present vulnerabilities which may not be addressed or may not be addressable.

Remediation

From Azure Portal

From Azure Home open the Portal Menu in the top left.
Go to App Services.
Click on each App.
Under Settings section, click on Configuration.
Click on the General settings pane and ensure that the Major Version and the Minor Version is set to a currently supported release.

NOTE: No action is required if Python version is set to Off, as Python is not used by your app.

From Azure CLI

To see the list of supported runtimes:

az webapp list-runtimes

To set latest Python version for an existing app, run the following command:

az webapp config set --resource-group <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> --name <APP_NAME> [--windows-fx-version "PYTHON|<VERSION>"] [--linux-fx-version "PYTHON|<VERSION>"]

From PowerShell

As of this writing, there is no way to update an existing application's SiteConfig or set a new application's SiteConfig settings during creation via PowerShell.

Default Value

The version of Python is whatever was selected upon App creation.

Run the pipeline

To run this pipeline from your terminal:

flowpipe pipeline run azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_9_8

Use this pipeline

To call this pipeline from your pipeline, use a step:

step "pipeline" "step_name" {
  pipeline = azure_cis.pipeline.cis_v300_9_8  
}

Params

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
database	connection.steampipe	Yes	Database connection string.	`connection.steampipe.default`
notifier	notifier	Yes	The name of the notifier to use for sending notification messages.	`notifier.default`
notification_level	string	Yes	The verbosity level of notification messages to send. Valid options are 'verbose', 'info', 'error'.	`info`
approvers	list(notifier)	Yes	List of notifiers to be used for obtaining action/approval decisions.	`notifier.default`

Outputs

This pipeline has no outputs.