App Service should disable remote debugging

High Azure General webapp-no-remote-debug

Applies to

Microsoft.Web/sites

What CGPulse checks

A resource passes this rule when siteConfig.remoteDebuggingEnabled must equal false. Anything else is reported as a finding with the evaluated property value attached as evidence.

How to fix it

Disable remote debugging to close the debug port and prevent code inspection in production. In Azure Portal: App Service > Configuration > General settings > set Remote Debugging to Off. See: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/configure-common

CLI

az webapp config set --ids "{id}" --remote-debugging-enabled false

Terraform

resource "azurerm_linux_web_app" "{name}" {
  name                = "{name}"
  resource_group_name = "{rg}"
  location            = var.location
  service_plan_id     = azurerm_service_plan.{name}.id
  site_config {
    remote_debugging_enabled = false
  }
}

Compliance frameworks

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