---
title: '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.

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

<img src="/images/cli/fixer.png" />

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

```sh
prowler <provider> --list-fixers
```

</Note>
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:

```python
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:

```python
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:

```yaml
# 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
```
