Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Ensure IngressController is configured to use secure tlsSecurityProfile
<p> The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with th...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure custom tlsSecurityProfile configured for IngressController uses secure TLS version
The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with the externally expose...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure IngressController is not configured to use Old tlsSecurityProfile
The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with the externally expose...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that project templates autocreate Network Policies
Configure a template for newly created projects to use default network policies and make sure this template is referenced from the default project ...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that project templates autocreate Network Policies
Configure a template for newly created projects to use default network policies. For more information, follow <a href="https://docs.openshift.com/c...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that all Routes has rate limit enabled
OpenShift has an option to set the IP whitelist for Routes [1] when creating new Routes. All routes outside the openshift namespaces and the kube ...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that all OpenShift Routes prefer TLS
OpenShift Container Platform provides methods for communicating from outside the cluster with services running in the cluster. TLS must be used to ...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure the OpenShift API Server Maximum Retained Audit Logs
To configure how many rotations of audit logs are retained, edit the <code>openshift-apiserver</code> configmap and set the <code>audit-log-maxback...Rule Low Severity -
Configure OpenShift API Server Maximum Audit Log Size
To rotate audit logs upon reaching a maximum size, edit the <code>openshift-apiserver</code> configmap and set the <code>audit-log-maxsize</code> p...Rule Medium Severity -
Configure the Audit Log Path
To enable auditing on the OpenShift API Server, the audit log path must be set. Edit the <code>openshift-apiserver</code> configmap and set the <co...Rule High Severity -
Role-based Access Control
Role-based access control (RBAC) objects determine whether a user is allowed to perform a given action within a project. Cluster administrators ca...Group -
Ensure cluster roles are defined in the cluster
<p> RBAC is a critical feature in terms of security for Kubernetes and OpenShift. It enables administrators to segment the privilege...Rule Medium Severity -
Profiling is protected by RBAC
Ensure that the cluster-debugger cluster role includes the /debug/pprof resource URL. This demonstrates that profiling is protected by RBAC, with a...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that the RBAC setup follows the principle of least privilege
Role-based access control (RBAC) objects determine whether a user is allowed to perform a given action within a project. If users or groups exist ...Rule High Severity -
Ensure that the cluster-admin role is only used where required
The RBAC role cluster-admin provides wide-ranging powers over the environment and should be used only where and when needed.Rule Medium Severity -
Limit Access to Kubernetes Secrets
The Kubernetes API stores secrets, which may be service account tokens for the Kubernetes API or credentials used by workloads in the cluster. Acce...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that the ClusterLogging and ClusterLoggingForwarder resources are protected from unauthorized deletion
The ClusterLogging and ClusterLoggingForwarder Custom Resources provide a way to configure the logging forwarding subsystem and delete access to i...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that the ClusterLogging and ClusterLoggingForwarder resources are protected from unauthorized modification
The ClusterLogging and ClusterLoggingForwarder Custom Resources provide a way to configure the logging forwarding subsystem and modification acces...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure that the ClusterLogging and ClusterLoggingForwarder resources are protected from unauthorized access
The ClusterLogging and ClusterLoggingForwarder Custom Resources provide a way to configure the logging forwarding subsystem and view access to it ...Rule Medium Severity -
Minimize Access to Pod Creation
The ability to create pods in a namespace can provide a number of opportunities for privilege escalation. Where applicable, remove <code>create</co...Rule Medium Severity
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