diff --git a/exports.js b/exports.js
index 0fab601115..6168426a0b 100644
--- a/exports.js
+++ b/exports.js
@@ -1038,7 +1038,9 @@ module.exports = {
         'amsDiagnosticLogsEnabled'      : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/mediaServices/amsDiagnosticLogsEnabled.js'),
         'amsPublicAccessDisabled'       : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/mediaServices/amsPublicAccessDisabled.js'),
         'amsManagedIdentityEnabled'     : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/mediaServices/amsManagedIdentityEnabled.js'),
-        'amsClassicApiDisabled'         : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/mediaServices/amsClassicApiDisabled.js')
+        'amsClassicApiDisabled'         : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/mediaServices/amsClassicApiDisabled.js'),
+
+        'scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled'       : require(__dirname + '/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.js'),
     },
     github: {
         'publicKeysRotated'             : require(__dirname + '/plugins/github/users/publicKeysRotated.js'),
diff --git a/helpers/azure/api.js b/helpers/azure/api.js
index d2a855693d..2806750d18 100644
--- a/helpers/azure/api.js
+++ b/helpers/azure/api.js
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ var calls = {
     },
     virtualMachineScaleSets: {
         listAll: {
-            url: 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets?api-version=2019-12-01'
+            url: 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets?api-version=2023-09-01'
         }
     },
     bastionHosts: {
diff --git a/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.js b/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a9df5cb6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+var async = require('async');
+var helpers = require('../../../helpers/azure');
+
+module.exports = {
+    title: 'VM Scale Set Linux SSH Enabled',
+    category: 'Virtual Machine Scale Set',
+    domain: 'Compute',
+    description: 'Ensures that Azure Virtual Machine scale sets with Linux OS has SSH enabled.',
+    more_info: 'SSH is an encrypted connection protocol that allows secure sign-ins over unsecured connections. SSH is the default connection protocol for Linux VMs hosted in Azure.',
+    link: 'https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/ssh-from-windows',
+    recommended_action: 'Remove existing scale set and create new with SSH enabled',
+    apis: ['virtualMachineScaleSets:listAll'],
+
+    run: function(cache, settings, callback) {
+        var results = [];
+        var source = {};
+        var locations = helpers.locations(settings.govcloud);
+
+        async.each(locations.vmScaleSet, function(location, rcb) {
+
+            var vmScaleSets = helpers.addSource(cache, source, ['virtualMachineScaleSets', 'listAll', location]);
+
+            if (!vmScaleSets) return rcb();
+
+            if (vmScaleSets.err || !vmScaleSets.data) {
+                helpers.addResult(results, 3, 'Unable to query for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: ' + helpers.addError(vmScaleSets), location);
+                return rcb();
+            }
+            if (!vmScaleSets.data.length) {
+                helpers.addResult(results, 0, 'No existing Virtual Machine Scale Sets found', location);
+                return rcb();
+            }
+            for (let scaleSet of vmScaleSets.data) {
+                if (!scaleSet.id) continue;
+
+                if ((scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile && scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.osDisk &&
+                scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.osDisk.osType && 
+                scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.storageProfile.osDisk.osType.toLowerCase() === 'linux')){
+
+                    if (scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile  && scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.osProfile &&
+                    scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.osProfile.linuxConfiguration &&
+                    scaleSet.virtualMachineProfile.osProfile.linuxConfiguration.ssh){
+                        helpers.addResult(results, 0, 'VM scale set for linux has SSH enabled', location, scaleSet.id);
+                    } else {
+                        helpers.addResult(results, 2, 'VM scale set for linux does not have SSH enabled', location, scaleSet.id);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            rcb();
+        }, function() {
+            callback(null, results, source);
+        });
+    }
+};
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diff --git a/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.spec.js b/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5a23208d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure/virtualmachinescaleset/scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+var expect = require('chai').expect;
+var scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled = require('./scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled');
+
+const virtualMachineScaleSets = [
+    {
+        'name': 'test-vmss',
+        'id': '/subscriptions/123/resourceGroups/AQUA-RESOURCE-GROUP/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/test-vmss',
+        'type': 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets',
+          "virtualMachineProfile": {
+          "osProfile": {
+            "linuxConfiguration": {
+              "disablePasswordAuthentication": true,
+              "ssh": {
+                "publicKeys": [
+                  {
+                    "path": "/home/azureuser/.ssh/authorized_keys",
+                    "keyData": ""
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+            },
+          },
+          "storageProfile": {
+            "osDisk": {
+              "osType": "Linux",
+            },
+          }
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        'name': 'test-vmss',
+        'id': '/subscriptions/123/resourceGroups/AQUA-RESOURCE-GROUP/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/test-vmss',
+        'type': 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets',
+          "virtualMachineProfile": {
+          "osProfile": {
+            "linuxConfiguration": {
+              "disablePasswordAuthentication": false
+            },
+          },
+          "storageProfile": {
+            "osDisk": {
+              "osType": "Linux",
+            },
+          }
+        }
+    },
+];
+
+const createCache = (virtualMachineScaleSets) => {
+    let machine = {};
+    if (virtualMachineScaleSets) {
+        machine['data'] = virtualMachineScaleSets;
+    }
+    return {
+        virtualMachineScaleSets: {
+            listAll: {
+                'eastus': machine
+            }
+        }
+    };
+};
+
+describe('scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled', function() {
+    describe('run', function() {
+        it('should give passing result if no virtual machine scale sets', function(done) {
+            const cache = createCache([]);
+            scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.run(cache, {}, (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(0);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('No existing Virtual Machine Scale Sets found');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should give unknown result if unable to query for virtual machine scale sets', function(done) {
+            const cache = createCache();
+            scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.run(cache, {}, (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(3);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('Unable to query for Virtual Machine Scale Sets:');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should give passing result if VM scale set for linux has SSH enabled', function(done) {
+            const cache = createCache([virtualMachineScaleSets[0]]);
+            scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.run(cache, {}, (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(0);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('VM scale set for linux has SSH enabled');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+
+        it('should give failing result if VM scale set for linux does not have SSH enabled', function(done) {
+            const cache = createCache([virtualMachineScaleSets[1]]);
+            scaleSetLinuxSSHEnabled.run(cache, {}, (err, results) => {
+                expect(results.length).to.equal(1);
+                expect(results[0].status).to.equal(2);
+                expect(results[0].message).to.include('VM scale set for linux does not have SSH enabled');
+                expect(results[0].region).to.equal('eastus');
+                done();
+            });
+        });
+    });
+});
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