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Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • HyperShift Cluster Namespace Prefix

    The prefix to use for HyperShift Hosted Clusters Namespace. This value will be used when a non-default namespace naming scheme is used. The default...
    Value
  • OpenShift APIServer etcd encryption filter

    OpenShift APIServer etcd encryption config check jq filter
    Value
  • OCP version api path

    When scanning OpenShift clusters, not all type of cluster has same api resource path for ocp version, ex. HyperShift OCP version api resource path ...
    Value
  • OCP version yaml path

    When scanning OpenShift clusters, not all type of cluster has same api resource path for ocp version, ex. HyperShift OCP version api resource path ...
    Value
  • System and Software Integrity

    System and software integrity can be gained by installing antivirus, increasing system encryption strength with FIPS, verifying installed software,...
    Group
  • Ensure that Cluster Version Operator is deployed

    Integrity of the OpenShift platform is handled to start by the cluster version operator. Cluster Version Operator will by default GPG verify the in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that Cluster Version Operator verifies integrity

    Integrity of the OpenShift platform is handled to start by the cluster version operator. Cluster Version Operator will by default GPG verify the in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that File Integrity Operator is scanning the cluster

    <a href="https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.7/security/file_integrity_operator/file-integrity-operator-understanding.html">The File In...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure the Container Runtime rejects unsigned images by default

    <p> The OpenShift Platform allows for verifying the signature of a container image before pulling it. this is done via the policy.js...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • System Cryptographic Policies

    OpenShift has the capability to centrally configure cryptographic polices.
    Group
  • Ensure that the MachineSets provisioned by Azure have disk encryption enabled

    OpenShift has an option to provide the Disk Encryption Set [1] when deploying nodes on Azure. This enabled disk encryption and ensures that the Ope...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure that EBS volumes use by cluster nodes are encrypted

    OpenShift MachineSets can be configured to enable EBS encryption on EBS storage used by cluster nodes. By using EBS encryption, disk contents are ...
    Rule High Severity
  • OpenShift APIServer etcd encryption path

    OpenShift APIServer etcd encryption config check api path
    Value
  • Ensure that FIPS mode is enabled on all cluster nodes

    OpenShift has an installation-time flag that can enable FIPS mode for the cluster. The flag <pre>fips: true</pre> must be enabled at install time i...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure that the MachineSets provisioned by GCP have disk encryption enabled

    OpenShift has an option to provide the Disk Encryption Set [1] when deploying nodes on GCP. This enabled disk encryption and ensures that the OpenS...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure that LUKS is configured on worker nodes

    OpenShift has an installation-time flag that can enable LUKS (TPM2 or TANG) full disk encryption at installation. The object <pre>luks</pre> must b...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure that full disk encryption is configured on cluster nodes

    When full disk encryption is chosen as a way to protect card data at rest, OpenShift can provide several solutions depending on the hosting environ...
    Rule High Severity
  • Ensure that EBS volumes declared in storageclasses are encrypted

    OpenShift StorageClasses can be configured to enable EBS encryption on EBS volumes that are used later as persistent volumes. By using EBS encrypti...
    Rule High Severity
  • Kubernetes - Account and Access Control

    In traditional Unix security, if an attacker gains shell access to a certain login account, they can perform any action or access any file to which...
    Group
  • Restrict Automounting of Service Account Tokens

    Service accounts tokens should not be mounted in pods except where the workload running in the pod explicitly needs to communicate with the API ser...
    Rule Medium Severity

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