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Merge pull request #226 from aquasecurity/add-new-cfg-version1.4

add new config files from the new CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
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---
## Controls Files.
# These are YAML files that hold all the details for running checks.
#
## Uncomment to use different control file paths.
# masterControls: ./cfg/master.yaml
# nodeControls: ./cfg/node.yaml
# federatedControls: ./cfg/federated.yaml
master:
apiserver:
defaultconf: /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml
scheduler:
defaultconf: /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-scheduler.yaml
controllermanager:
defaultconf: /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-controller-manager.yaml
etcd:
defaultconf: /etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd.yaml
node:
kubelet:
defaultconf: /etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf
defaultsvc: /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf
proxy:
defaultconf: /etc/kubernetes/addons/kube-proxy-daemonset.yaml
---
controls:
version: 1.13
id: 1
text: "Master Node Security Configuration"
type: "master"
groups:
- id: 1.1
text: "API Server"
checks:
- id: 1.1.1
text: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--anonymous-auth"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--anonymous-auth=false
scored: false
- id: 1.1.2
text: "Ensure that the --basic-auth-file argument is not set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--basic-auth-file"
set: false
remediation: |
Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. Then,
edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --basic-auth-file=<filename>
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.3
text: "Ensure that the --insecure-allow-any-token argument is not set (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--insecure-allow-any-token"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --insecure-allow-any-token
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.4
text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-https argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--kubelet-https"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
- flag: "--kubelet-https"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --kubelet-https parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.5
text: "Ensure that the --insecure-bind-address argument is not set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--insecure-bind-address"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --insecure-bind-address
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.6
text: "Ensure that the --insecure-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--insecure-port"
compare:
op: eq
value: 0
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
apiserver.yaml on the master node and set the below parameter.
--insecure-port=0
scored: true
- id: 1.1.7
text: "Ensure that the --secure-port argument is not set to 0 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--secure-port"
compare:
op: gt
value: 0
set: true
- flag: "--secure-port"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and either remove the --secure-port parameter or
set it to a different (non-zero) desired port.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.8
text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--profiling"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.1.9
text: "Ensure that the --repair-malformed-updates argument is set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--repair-malformed-updates"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--repair-malformed-updates=false
scored: true
- id: 1.1.10
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysAdmit is not set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: nothave
value: AlwaysAdmit
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that does not include AlwaysAdmit.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.11
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysPullImages is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "AlwaysPullImages"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins to
include AlwaysPullImages.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,AlwaysPullImages,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.12
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin DenyEscalatingExec is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "DenyEscalatingExec"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes DenyEscalatingExec.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,DenyEscalatingExec,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.13
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin SecurityContextDeny is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "SecurityContextDeny"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to
include SecurityContextDeny.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,SecurityContextDeny,...
scored: false
- id: 1.1.14
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin NamespaceLifecycle is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--disable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: nothave
value: "NamespaceLifecycle"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --disable-admission-plugins parameter to
ensure it does not include NamespaceLifecycle.
--disable-admission-plugins=...,NamespaceLifecycle,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.15
text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-path argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--audit-log-path"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-path parameter to a suitable
path and file where you would like audit logs to be written, for example:
--audit-log-path=/var/log/apiserver/audit.log
scored: true
- id: 1.1.16
text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxage argument is set to 30 or as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--audit-log-maxage"
compare:
op: gte
value: 30
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-maxage parameter to 30 or
as an appropriate number of days: --audit-log-maxage=30
scored: true
- id: 1.1.17
text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxbackup argument is set to 10 or as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--audit-log-maxbackup"
compare:
op: gte
value: 10
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-maxbackup parameter to 10
or to an appropriate value.
--audit-log-maxbackup=10
scored: true
- id: 1.1.18
text: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxsize argument is set to 100 or as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--audit-log-maxsize"
compare:
op: gte
value: 100
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-maxsize parameter to an
appropriate size in MB. For example, to set it as 100 MB:
--audit-log-maxsize=100
scored: true
- id: 1.1.19
text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--authorization-mode"
compare:
op: nothave
value: "AlwaysAllow"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --authorization-mode parameter to
values other than AlwaysAllow. One such example could be as below.
--authorization-mode=RBAC
scored: true
- id: 1.1.20
text: "Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--token-auth-file"
set: false
remediation: |
Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. Then,
edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --token-auth-file=<filename>
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.21
text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-certificate-authority argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--kubelet-certificate-authority"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup the TLS connection between the
apiserver and kubelets. Then, edit the API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the --kubelet-certificate-authority
parameter to the path to the cert file for the certificate authority.
--kubelet-certificate-authority=<ca-string>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.22
text: "Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: and
test_items:
- flag: "--kubelet-client-certificate"
set: true
- flag: "--kubelet-client-key"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the
apiserver and kubelets. Then, edit API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the
kubelet client certificate and key parameters as below.
--kubelet-client-certificate=<path/to/client-certificate-file>
--kubelet-client-key=<path/to/client-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.23
text: "Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--service-account-lookup"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--service-account-lookup=true
scored: true
- id: 1.1.24
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin PodSecurityPolicy is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "PodSecurityPolicy"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the documentation and create Pod Security Policy objects as per your environment.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes PodSecurityPolicy :
--enable-admission-plugins=...,PodSecurityPolicy,...
Then restart the API Server.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.25
text: "Ensure that the --service-account-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--service-account-key-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --service-account-key-file parameter
to the public key file for service accounts:
--service-account-key-file=<filename>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.26
text: "Ensure that the --etcd-certfile and --etcd-keyfile arguments are set as
appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: and
test_items:
- flag: "--etcd-certfile"
set: true
- flag: "--etcd-keyfile"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the
apiserver and etcd. Then, edit the API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the etcd
certificate and key file parameters.
--etcd-certfile=<path/to/client-certificate-file>
--etcd-keyfile=<path/to/client-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.27
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin ServiceAccount is set(Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "ServiceAccount"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the documentation and create ServiceAccount objects as per your environment.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes ServiceAccount.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,ServiceAccount,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.28
text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set
as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: and
test_items:
- flag: "--tls-cert-file"
set: true
- flag: "--tls-private-key-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the apiserver.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the TLS certificate and private key file
parameters.
--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-certificate-file>
--tls-private-key-file=<path/to/tls-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.29
text: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--client-ca-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the apiserver.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the client certificate authority file.
--client-ca-file=<path/to/client-ca-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.30
text: "Ensure that the API Server only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--tls-cipher-suites"
compare:
op: has
value: "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--tls-cipher- suites=TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM _SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM _SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM _SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
scored: false
- id: 1.1.31
text: "Ensure that the --etcd-cafile argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--etcd-cafile"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the
apiserver and etcd. Then, edit the API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the etcd
certificate authority file parameter.
--etcd-cafile=<path/to/ca-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.32
text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is set to Node (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--authorization-mode"
compare:
op: has
value: "Node"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --authorization-mode parameter to a
value that includes Node.
--authorization-mode=Node,RBAC
scored: true
- id: 1.1.33
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin NodeRestriction is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "NodeRestriction"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure NodeRestriction plug-in on
kubelets. Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes NodeRestriction.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,NodeRestriction,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.34
text: "Ensure that the --experimental-encryption-provider-config argument is
set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--experimental-encryption-provider-config"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure a EncryptionConfig file.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf on the
master node and set the --experimental-encryption-provider-config parameter
to the path of that file:
--experimental-encryption-provider-config=</path/to/EncryptionConfig/File>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.35
text: "Ensure that the encryption provider is set to aescbc (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure a EncryptionConfig file. In this file,
choose aescbc as the encryption provider.
For example,
kind: EncryptionConfig
apiVersion: v1
resources:
- resources:
- secrets
providers:
- aescbc:
keys:
- name: key1
secret: <32-byte base64-encoded secret>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.36
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin EventRateLimit is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "EventRateLimit"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set the desired limits in a
configuration file. Then, edit the API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf and set the below parameters.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,EventRateLimit,...
--admission-control-config-file=<path/to/configuration/file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.37
text: "Ensure that the AdvancedAuditing argument is not set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--feature-gates"
compare:
op: nothave
value: "AdvancedAuditing=false"
set: true
- flag: "--feature-gates"
set: false
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set the desired audit policy in the
/etc/kubernetes/audit-policy.yaml file. Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
and set the below parameters.
--audit-policy-file=/etc/kubernetes/audit-policy.yaml
scored: true
- id: 1.1.38
text: "Ensure that the --request-timeout argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--request-timeout"
set: false
- flag: "--request-timeout"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
and set the below parameter as appropriate and if needed. For example,
--request-timeout=300s
scored: true
- id: 1.1.39
text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument includes RBAC (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--authorization-mode"
compare:
op: has
value: "RBAC"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverbin on the master node and set the --authorization-mode parameter to a value that includes RBAC, for example: --authorization-mode=Node,RBAC
scored: true
- id: 1.2
text: "Scheduler"
checks:
- id: 1.2.1
text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $schedulerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--profiling"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Scheduler pod specification file $schedulerconf
file on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.2.2
text: "Ensure that the --address argument is set to 127.0.0.1 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $schedulerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--address"
compare:
op: eq
value: "127.0.0.1"
set: true
- flag: "--address"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the Scheduler pod specification file $schedulerconf
file on the master node and ensure the correct value for the
--address parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.3
text: "Controller Manager"
checks:
- id: 1.3.1
text: "Ensure that the --terminated-pod-gc-threshold argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--terminated-pod-gc-threshold"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
on the master node and set the --terminated-pod-gc-threshold to an appropriate threshold, for example:
--terminated-pod-gc-threshold=10
scored: true
- id: 1.3.2
text: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--profiling"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.3.3
text: "Ensure that the --use-service-account-credentials argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--use-service-account-credentials"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
on the master node to set the below parameter.
--use-service-account-credentials=true
scored: true
- id: 1.3.4
text: "Ensure that the --service-account-private-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--service-account-private-key-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
on the master node and set the --service-account-private-
key-file parameter to the private key file for service accounts.
--service-account-private-key-file=<filename>
scored: true
- id: 1.3.5
text: "Ensure that the --root-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--root-ca-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
on the master node and set the --root-ca-file parameter to
the certificate bundle file.
--root-ca-file=<path/to/file>
scored: true
- id: 1.3.6
text: "Ensure that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--feature-gates"
compare:
op: eq
value: "RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
controller-manager.yaml on the master node and set the --feature-gates parameter to
include RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true.
--feature-gates=RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true
scored: true
- id: 1.3.7
text: "Ensure that the --address argument is set to 127.0.0.1 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--address"
compare:
op: eq
value: "127.0.0.1"
set: true
- flag: "--address"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
controller-manager.yaml on the master node and ensure the correct value
for the --address parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.4
text: "Configuration Files"
checks:
- id: 1.4.1
text: "Ensure that the API server pod specification file permissions are
set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %a $apiserverconf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 $apiserverconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.2
text: "Ensure that the API server pod specification file ownership is set to
root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %U:%G $apiserverconf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root $apiserverconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.3
text: "Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file
permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $controllermanagerconf; then stat -c %a $controllermanagerconf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 $controllermanagerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.4
text: "Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file
ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $controllermanagerconf; then stat -c %U:%G $controllermanagerconf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root $controllermanagerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.5
text: "Ensure that the scheduler pod specification file permissions are set
to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $schedulerconf; then stat -c %a $schedulerconf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 $schedulerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.6
text: "Ensure that the scheduler pod specification file ownership is set to
root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $schedulerconf; then stat -c %U:%G $schedulerconf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root $schedulerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.7
text: "Ensure that the etcd pod specification file permissions are set to
644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $etcdconf; then stat -c %a $etcdconf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 $etcdconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.8
text: "Ensure that the etcd pod specification file ownership is set to
root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $etcdconf; then stat -c %U:%G $etcdconf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root $etcdconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.9
text: "Ensure that the Container Network Interface file permissions are
set to 644 or more restrictive (Not Scored)"
audit: "stat -c %a <path/to/cni/files>"
type: manual
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 <path/to/cni/files>
scored: true
- id: 1.4.10
text: "Ensure that the Container Network Interface file ownership is set
to root:root (Not Scored)"
audit: "stat -c %U:%G <path/to/cni/files>"
type: manual
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root <path/to/cni/files>
scored: true
- id: 1.4.11
text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%' | xargs stat -c %a
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "700"
compare:
op: eq
value: "700"
set: true
remediation: |
On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --data-dir ,
from the below command:
ps -ef | grep $etcdbin
Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,
chmod 700 /var/lib/etcd
scored: true
- id: 1.4.12
text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)"
audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "etcd:etcd"
set: true
remediation: |
On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --data-dir ,
from the below command:
ps -ef | grep $etcdbin
Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,
chown etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd
scored: true
- id: 1.4.13
text: "Ensure that the admin.conf file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; then stat -c %a /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.14
text: "Ensure that the admin.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; then stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.15
text: "Ensure that the scheduler.conf file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf; then stat -c %a /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the
master node. For example, chmod 644 /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.16
text: "Ensure that the scheduler.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf; then stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the
master node. For example, chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.17
text: "Ensure that the controller-manager.conf file permissions are set
to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf; then stat -c %a /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the
master node. For example, chmod 644 /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.18
text: "Ensure that the controller-manager.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf; then stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the
master node. For example, chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.19
text: "Ensure that the Kubernetes PKI directory and file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "ls -laR /etc/kubernetes/pki/"
type: "manual"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root root"
compare:
op: eq
value: "root root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example, chown -R root:root /etc/kubernetes/pki/
scored: true
- id: 1.4.20
text: "Ensure that the Kubernetes PKI certificate file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "stat -c %n\ %a /etc/kubernetes/pki/*.crt"
type: "manual"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example, chmod -R 644 /etc/kubernetes/pki/*.crt
scored: true
- id: 1.4.21
text: "Ensure that the Kubernetes PKI certificate file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "stat -c %n\ %a /etc/kubernetes/pki/*.key"
type: "manual"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example, chmod -R 600 /etc/kubernetes/pki/*.key
scored: true
- id: 1.5
text: "etcd"
checks:
- id: 1.5.1
text: "Ensure that the --cert-file and --key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--cert-file"
set: true
- flag: "--key-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the etcd service documentation and configure TLS encryption.
Then, edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the
master node and set the below parameters.
--ca-file=</path/to/ca-file>
--key-file=</path/to/key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.5.2
text: "Ensure that the --client-cert-auth argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--client-cert-auth"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and set the below parameter.
--client-cert-auth="true"
scored: true
- id: 1.5.3
text: "Ensure that the --auto-tls argument is not set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--auto-tls"
set: false
- flag: "--auto-tls"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
remediation: |
Edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and either remove the --auto-tls parameter or set it to false.
--auto-tls=false
scored: true
- id: 1.5.4
text: "Ensure that the --peer-cert-file and --peer-key-file arguments are
set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
tests:
bin_op: and
test_items:
- flag: "--peer-cert-file"
set: true
- flag: "--peer-key-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the etcd service documentation and configure peer TLS encryption as appropriate
for your etcd cluster. Then, edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the
master node and set the below parameters.
--peer-client-file=</path/to/peer-cert-file>
--peer-key-file=</path/to/peer-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.5.5
text: "Ensure that the --peer-client-cert-auth argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--peer-client-cert-auth"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and set the below parameter.
--peer-client-cert-auth=true
scored: true
- id: 1.5.6
text: "Ensure that the --peer-auto-tls argument is not set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--peer-auto-tls"
set: false
- flag: "--peer-auto-tls"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and either remove the --peer-auto-tls parameter or set it to false.
--peer-auto-tls=false
scored: true
- id: 1.5.7
text: "Ensure that a unique Certificate Authority is used for etcd (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--trusted-ca-file"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the etcd documentation and create a dedicated certificate authority setup for the
etcd service.
Then, edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the
master node and set the below parameter.
--trusted-ca-file=</path/to/ca-file>
scored: false
- id: 1.6
text: "General Security Primitives"
checks:
- id: 1.6.1
text: "Ensure that the cluster-admin role is only used where required (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Remove any unneeded clusterrolebindings :
kubectl delete clusterrolebinding [name]
scored: false
- id: 1.6.2
text: "Create administrative boundaries between resources using namespaces (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow the documentation and create namespaces for objects in your deployment as you
need them.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.3
text: "Create network segmentation using Network Policies (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow the documentation and create NetworkPolicy objects as you need them.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.4
text: "Ensure that the seccomp profile is set to docker/default in your pod
definitions (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Seccomp is an alpha feature currently. By default, all alpha features are disabled. So, you
would need to enable alpha features in the apiserver by passing "--feature-
gates=AllAlpha=true" argument.
Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS
parameter to "--feature-gates=AllAlpha=true"
KUBE_API_ARGS="--feature-gates=AllAlpha=true"
Based on your system, restart the kube-apiserver service. For example:
systemctl restart kube-apiserver.service
Use annotations to enable the docker/default seccomp profile in your pod definitions. An
example is as below:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: trustworthy-pod
annotations:
seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/pod: docker/default
spec:
containers:
- name: trustworthy-container
image: sotrustworthy:latest
scored: false
- id: 1.6.5
text: "Apply Security Context to Your Pods and Containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and apply security contexts to your pods. For a
suggested list of security contexts, you may refer to the CIS Security Benchmark for Docker
Containers.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.6
text: "Configure Image Provenance using ImagePolicyWebhook admission controller (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup image provenance.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.7
text: "Configure Network policies as appropriate (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup network policies as appropriate.
For example, you could create a "default" isolation policy for a Namespace by creating a
NetworkPolicy that selects all pods but does not allow any traffic:
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
name: default-deny
spec:
podSelector:
scored: false
- id: 1.6.8
text: "Place compensating controls in the form of PSP and RBAC for
privileged containers usage (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Follow Kubernetes documentation and setup PSP and RBAC authorization for your cluster.
scored: false
- id: 1.7
text: "PodSecurityPolicies"
checks:
- id: 1.7.1
text: "Do not admit privileged containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.privileged field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.2
text: "Do not admit containers wishing to share the host process ID namespace (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.hostPID field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.3
text: "Do not admit containers wishing to share the host IPC namespace (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.hostIPC field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.4
text: "Do not admit containers wishing to share the host network namespace (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.hostNetwork field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.5
text: " Do not admit containers with allowPrivilegeEscalation (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.allowPrivilegeEscalation field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.6
text: "Do not admit root containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.runAsUser.rule is set to either MustRunAsNonRoot or MustRunAs with the range of UIDs not including 0.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.7
text: "Do not admit containers with dangerous capabilities (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.requiredDropCapabilities is set to include either NET_RAW or ALL.
scored: false
---
controls:
version: 1.13
id: 2
text: "Worker Node Security Configuration"
type: "node"
groups:
- id: 2.1
text: "Kubelet"
checks:
- id: 2.1.1
text: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--anonymous-auth"
compare:
op: eq
value: false
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set authentication: anonymous: enabled to
false .
If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletconf on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--anonymous-auth=false
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.2
text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--authorization-mode"
compare:
op: nothave
value: "AlwaysAllow"
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set authorization: mode to Webhook.
If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_AUTHZ_ARGS variable.
--authorization-mode=Webhook
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.3
text: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--client-ca-file"
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set authentication: x509: clientCAFile to
the location of the client CA file.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_AUTHZ_ARGS variable.
--client-ca-file=<path/to/client-ca-file>
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.4
text: "Ensure that the --read-only-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--read-only-port"
compare:
op: eq
value: 0
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set readOnlyPort to 0 .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--read-only-port=0
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.5
text: "Ensure that the --streaming-connection-idle-timeout argument is not set to 0 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--streaming-connection-idle-timeout"
compare:
op: noteq
value: 0
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set streamingConnectionIdleTimeout to a
value other than 0.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--streaming-connection-idle-timeout=5m
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.6
text: "Ensure that the --protect-kernel-defaults argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--protect-kernel-defaults"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set protectKernelDefaults: true .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--protect-kernel-defaults=true
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.7
text: "Ensure that the --make-iptables-util-chains argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--make-iptables-util-chains"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
- flag: "--make-iptables-util-chains"
set: false
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set makeIPTablesUtilChains: true .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
remove the --make-iptables-util-chains argument from the
KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.8
text: "Ensure that the --hostname-override argument is not set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--hostname-override"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and remove the --hostname-override argument from the
KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.9
text: "Ensure that the --event-qps argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--event-qps"
compare:
op: eq
value: 0
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set eventRecordQPS: 0 .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--event-qps=0
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.10
text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
bin_op: and
test_items:
- flag: "--tls-cert-file"
set: true
- flag: "--tls-private-key-file"
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set tlsCertFile to the location of the certificate
file to use to identify this Kubelet, and tlsPrivateKeyFile to the location of the
corresponding private key file.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameters in KUBELET_CERTIFICATE_ARGS variable.
--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-certificate-file>
file=<path/to/tls-key-file>
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.11
text: "Ensure that the --cadvisor-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--cadvisor-port"
compare:
op: eq
value: 0
set: true
- flag: "--cadvisor-port"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and set the below parameter in KUBELET_CADVISOR_ARGS variable.
--cadvisor-port=0
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.12
text: "Ensure that the --rotate-certificates argument is not set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--rotate-certificates"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to add the line rotateCertificates: true.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and add --rotate-certificates=true argument to the KUBELET_CERTIFICATE_ARGS variable.
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.13
text: "Ensure that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "RotateKubeletServerCertificate"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and set the below parameter in KUBELET_CERTIFICATE_ARGS variable.
--feature-gates=RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored: true
- id: 2.1.14
text: "Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--tls-cipher-suites"
compare:
op: eq
value: "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256"
set: true
remediation: |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set TLSCipherSuites: to TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 ,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 ,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 ,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file $kubeletconf on each worker node and set the below parameter.
--tls-cipher-suites=TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
scored: false
- id: 2.2
text: "Configuration Files"
checks:
- id: 2.2.1
text: "Ensure that the kubelet.conf file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletkubeconfig; then stat -c %a $kubeletkubeconfig; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chmod 644 $kubeletkubeconfig
scored: true
- id: 2.2.2
text: "Ensure that the kubelet.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletkubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletkubeconfig; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
compare:
op: eq
value: root:root
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chown root:root $kubeletkubeconfig
scored: true
- id: 2.2.3
text: "Ensure that the kubelet service file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c %a $kubeletsvc; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: 644
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chmod 755 $kubeletsvc
scored: true
- id: 2.2.4
text: "Ensure that the kubelet service file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletsvc; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chown root:root $kubeletsvc
scored: true
- id: 2.2.5
text: "Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c %a $proxykubeconfig; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chmod 644 $proxykubeconfig
scored: true
- id: 2.2.6
text: "Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $proxykubeconfig; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
scored: true
- id: 2.2.7
text: "Ensure that the certificate authorities file permissions are set to
644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
type: manual
remediation: |
Run the following command to modify the file permissions of the --client-ca-file
chmod 644 <filename>
scored: true
- id: 2.2.8
text: "Ensure that the client certificate authorities file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $ca-file; then stat -c %U:%G $ca-file; fi'"
type: manual
remediation: |
Run the following command to modify the ownership of the --client-ca-file .
chown root:root <filename>
scored: true
- id: 2.2.9
text: "Ensure that the kubelet configuration file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletconf; fi'"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "root:root"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the following command (using the config file location identied in the Audit step)
chown root:root $kubeletconf
scored: true
- id: 2.2.10
text: "Ensure that the kubelet configuration file has permissions set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %a $kubeletconf; fi'"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "644"
compare:
op: eq
value: "644"
set: true
- flag: "640"
compare:
op: eq
value: "640"
set: true
- flag: "600"
compare:
op: eq
value: "600"
set: true
remediation: |
Run the following command (using the config file location identied in the Audit step)
chmod 644 $kubeletconf
scored: true
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