Diagnostic setting does not capture AuditEvent category Affecting Monitor service in Azure


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    Logging / Configuration

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Description

Not capturing the diagnostic setting AuditEvent category for appropriate management activities can lead to missing important alerts.

How to fix?

Set properties.logs.category to AuditEvent and properties.logs.enabled to true.

Example Configuration

{
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {},
    "resources": [
      {
        "type": "Microsoft.Insights/diagnosticSettings",
        "apiVersion": "2021-05-01-preview",
        "scope": "mykeyvault",
        "name": "allowed1",
        "properties": {
          "workspaceId": "myworkspaceId",
          "storageAccountId": "myaccountId",
          "eventHubAuthorizationRuleId": "myeventHubAuthorizationRuleId",
          "eventHubName": "myeventHubName",
          "logs": [
            {
              "category": "AuditEvent",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ],
          "metrics": [
            {
              "category": "AllMetrics",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }