diff --git a/checks/check43 b/checks/check43
index fa5d18f5..1742e675 100644
--- a/checks/check43
+++ b/checks/check43
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CHECK_ID_check43="4.3"
 CHECK_TITLE_check43="[check43] Ensure the default security group of every VPC restricts all traffic (Scored)"
 CHECK_SCORED_check43="SCORED"
 CHECK_TYPE_check43="LEVEL2"
-CHECK_SEVERITY_check43="Medium"
+CHECK_SEVERITY_check43="High"
 CHECK_ASFF_TYPE_check43="Software and Configuration Checks/Industry and Regulatory Standards/CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark"
 CHECK_ASFF_RESOURCE_TYPE_check43="AwsEc2SecurityGroup"
 CHECK_ALTERNATE_check403="check43"
diff --git a/checks/check_extra7127 b/checks/check_extra7127
index 65566690..9f28c605 100644
--- a/checks/check_extra7127
+++ b/checks/check_extra7127
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CHECK_ID_extra7127="7.127"
 CHECK_TITLE_extra7127="[extra7127] Check if EC2 instances managed by Systems Manager are compliant with patching requirements"
 CHECK_SCORED_extra7127="NOT_SCORED"
 CHECK_TYPE_extra7127="EXTRA"
-CHECK_SEVERITY_extra7127="Medium"
+CHECK_SEVERITY_extra7127="High"
 CHECK_ASFF_RESOURCE_TYPE_extra7127="AwsEc2Instance"
 CHECK_ASFF_TYPE_extra7127="Software and Configuration Checks/ENS op.exp.4.aws.sys.1"
 CHECK_ALTERNATE_check7127="extra7127"