v1.20.0

What's changed since pre-release v1.19.2:

• New features:
  • Added September 2022 baselines Azure.GA_2022_09 and Azure.Preview_2022_09 by @BernieWhite.
    #1738
    • Includes rules released before or during September 2022.
    • Marked Azure.GA_2022_06 and Azure.Preview_2022_06 baselines as obsolete.
• New rules:
  • AKS:
    • Check clusters use Ephemeral OS disk by @bengeset96.
      #1618
  • App Configuration:
    • Check app configuration store has purge protection enabled by @bengeset96.
      #1689
    • Check app configuration store has one or more replicas by @bengeset96.
      #1688
    • Check app configuration store audit diagnostic logs are enabled by @bengeset96.
      #1690
    • Check identity-based authentication is used for configuration stores by @pazdedav.
      #1691
  • Application Gateway WAF:
    • Check policy is enabled by @fbinotto.
      #1470
    • Check policy uses prevention mode by @fbinotto.
      #1470
    • Check policy uses managed rule sets by @fbinotto.
      #1470
    • Check policy does not have any exclusions defined by @fbinotto.
      #1470
  • Azure Cache for Redis:
    • Check the number of firewall rules for caches by @jonathanruiz.
      #544
    • Check the number of IP addresses in firewall rules for caches by @jonathanruiz.
      #544
  • CDN:
    • Check CDN profile uses Front Door Standard or Premium tier by @bengeset96.
      #1612
  • Container Registry:
    • Check soft delete policy is enabled by @bengeset96.
      #1674
  • Defender for Cloud:
    • Check Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled for Containers by @jdewisscher.
      #1632
    • Check Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled for Virtual Machines by @jdewisscher.
      #1632
    • Check Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled for SQL Servers by @jdewisscher.
      #1632
    • Check Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled for App Services by @jdewisscher.
      #1632
    • Check Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled for Storage Accounts by @jdewisscher.
      #1632
    • Check Microsoft Defender for Cloud is enabled for SQL Servers on machines by @jdewisscher.
      #1632
  • Deployment:
    • Check that nested deployments securely pass through administrator usernames by @ms-sambell.
      #1479
  • Front Door WAF:
    • Check policy is enabled by @fbinotto.
      #1470
    • Check policy uses prevention mode by @fbinotto.
      #1470
    • Check policy uses managed rule sets by @fbinotto.
      #1470
    • Check policy does not have any exclusions defined by @fbinotto.
      #1470
  • Network Security Group:
    • Check AKS managed NSGs don't contain custom rules by @ms-sambell.
      #8
  • Storage Account:
    • Check blob container soft delete is enabled by @pazdedav.
      #1671
    • Check file share soft delete is enabled by @jonathanruiz.
      #966
  • VMSS:
    • Check Linux VMSS has disabled password authentication by @bengeset96.
      #1635
• Updated rules:
  • Important change: Updated rules, tests and docs with Microsoft Defender for Cloud by @jonathanruiz.
    #545
    • The following rules have been renamed with aliases:
      • Renamed Azure.SQL.ThreatDetection to Azure.SQL.DefenderCloud.
      • Renamed Azure.SecurityCenter.Contact to Azure.DefenderCloud.Contact.
      • Renamed Azure.SecurityCenter.Provisioning to Azure.DefenderCloud.Provisioning.
    • If you are referencing the old names please consider updating to the new names.
  • Updated documentation examples for Front Door and Key Vault rules by @lluppesms.
    #1667
  • Improved the way we check that VM or VMSS has Linux by @VeraBE.
    #1704
  • Azure Kubernetes Service:
    • Updated Azure.AKS.Version to use latest stable version 1.23.8 by @BernieWhite.
      #1627
      • Use AZURE_AKS_CLUSTER_MINIMUM_VERSION to configure the minimum version of the cluster.
  • Event Grid:
    • Promoted Azure.EventGrid.DisableLocalAuth to GA rule set by @BernieWhite.
      #1628
  • Key Vault:
    • Promoted Azure.KeyVault.AutoRotationPolicy to GA rule set by @BernieWhite.
      #1629
• General improvements:
  • Updated NSG documentation with code snippets and links by @simone-bennett.
    #1607
  • Updated Application Gateway documentation with code snippets by @ms-sambell.
    #1608
  • Updated SQL firewall rules documentation by @ms-sambell.
    #1569
  • Updated Container Apps documentation and rule to new resource type by @marie-schmidt.
    #1672
  • Updated KeyVault and FrontDoor documentation with code snippets by @lluppesms.
    #1667
  • Added tag and annotation metadata from policy for rules generation by @BernieWhite.
    #1652
  • Added hash to name and ref properties for policy rules by @ArmaanMcleod.
    #1653
    • Use AZURE_POLICY_RULE_PREFIX or Export-AzPolicyAssignmentRuleData -RulePrefix to override rule prefix.
• Engineering:
  • Bump PSRule to v2.4.2.
    #1753
    #1748
  • Bump Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk to v17.3.2.
    #1719
  • Updated provider data for analysis.
    #1605
  • Bump Az.Resources to v6.2.0.
    #1636
  • Bump PSScriptAnalyzer to v1.21.0.
    #1636
• Bug fixes:
  • Fixed continue processing policy assignments on error by @BernieWhite.
    #1651
  • Fixed handling of runtime assessment data by @BernieWhite.
    #1707
  • Fixed conversion of type conditions to pre-conditions by @BernieWhite.
    #1708
  • Fixed inconclusive failure of Azure.Deployment.AdminUsername by @BernieWhite.
    #1631
  • Fixed error expanding with json() and single quotes by @BernieWhite.
    #1656
  • Fixed handling key collision with duplicate definitions using same parameters by @ArmaanMcleod.
    #1653
  • Fixed bug requiring all diagnostic logs settings to have auditing enabled by @bengeset96.
    #1726
  • Fixed Azure.Deployment.AdminUsername incorrectly fails with nested deployments by @BernieWhite.
    #1762
  • Fixed Azure.FrontDoorWAF.Exclusions reports exclusions when none are specified by @BernieWhite.
    #1751
  • Fixed Azure.Deployment.AdminUsername does not match the pattern by @BernieWhite.
    #1758
  • Consider private offerings when checking that a VM or VMSS has Linux by @VeraBE.
    #1725

What's changed since pre-release v1.20.0-B0477:

• No additional changes.

See change log.