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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

  • Configure which node to scan based on role

    Configure which node to scan based on role
    Value
  • Disable Anonymous Authentication to the Kubelet

    By default, anonymous access to the Kubelet server is enabled. This configuration check ensures that anonymous requests to the Kubelet server are d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Anonymous Authentication to the Kubelet

    By default, anonymous access to the Kubelet server is enabled. This configuration check ensures that anonymous requests to the Kubelet server are d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Anonymous Authentication to the Kubelet

    By default, anonymous access to the Kubelet server is enabled. This configuration check ensures that anonymous requests to the Kubelet server are d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Disable Anonymous Authentication to the Kubelet

    By default, anonymous access to the Kubelet server is enabled. This configuration check ensures that anonymous requests to the Kubelet server are d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure authorization is set to Webhook

    Unauthenticated/unauthorized users should have no access to OpenShift nodes. The Kubelet should be set to only allow Webhook authorization. To ensu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure authorization is set to Webhook

    Unauthenticated/unauthorized users should have no access to OpenShift nodes. The Kubelet should be set to only allow Webhook authorization. To ensu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure authorization is set to Webhook

    Unauthenticated/unauthorized users should have no access to OpenShift nodes. The Kubelet should be set to only allow Webhook authorization. To ensu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure authorization is set to Webhook

    Unauthenticated/unauthorized users should have no access to OpenShift nodes. The Kubelet should be set to only allow Webhook authorization. To ensu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Configure the Client CA Certificate

    By default, the kubelet is not configured with a CA certificate which can subject the kubelet to man-in-the-middle attacks. To configure a client ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure That The kubelet Server Key Is Correctly Set

    To ensure the kubelet TLS private server key certificate is configured, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Configure the Client CA Certificate

    By default, the kubelet is not configured with a CA certificate which can subject the kubelet to man-in-the-middle attacks. To configure a client ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Configure the Client CA Certificate

    By default, the kubelet is not configured with a CA certificate which can subject the kubelet to man-in-the-middle attacks. To configure a client ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Configure the Client CA Certificate

    By default, the kubelet is not configured with a CA certificate which can subject the kubelet to man-in-the-middle attacks. To configure a client ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Kubelet - Ensure Event Creation Is Configured

    Security relevant information should be captured. The eventRecordQPS Kubelet option can be used to limit the rate at which events are gathered. Set...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Kubelet - Ensure Event Creation Is Configured

    Security relevant information should be captured. The eventRecordQPS Kubelet option can be used to limit the rate at which events are gathered. Set...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Kubelet - Ensure Event Creation Is Configured

    Security relevant information should be captured. The eventRecordQPS Kubelet option can be used to limit the rate at which events are gathered. Set...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Kubelet - Ensure Event Creation Is Configured

    Security relevant information should be captured. The eventRecordQPS Kubelet option can be used to limit the rate at which events are gathered. Set...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the Kubelet is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers. To set the cipher suites for the kubelet, create new or modify exis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the Kubelet is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers. To set the cipher suites for the kubelet, create new or modify exis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the Ingress Controller only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the Ingress Controller is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the Kubernetes API Server Operator only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the Kubernetes API Server Operator is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the Kubelet is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers. To set the cipher suites for the kubelet, create new or modify exis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the OpenShift API Server Operator only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the OpenShift API Server Operator is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers

    Ensure that the Kubelet is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers. To set the cipher suites for the kubelet, create new or modify exis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure That The kubelet Server Key Is Correctly Set

    To ensure the kubelet TLS private server key certificate is configured, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</cod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure Kubelet is configured with allowed TLS versions

    <p> The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure Kubelet is configured with allowed TLS versions

    <p> The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Ensure Kubelet is configured with allowed TLS versions

    <p> The configuration <code>tlsSecurityProfile</code> specifies TLS configurations to be used while establishing connections with th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Hostname Override handling

    Normally, OpenShift lets the kubelet get the hostname from either the cloud provider itself, or from the node's hostname. This ensures that the PKI...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Configure the OpenShift Audit Profile

    Audit log profiles define how to log requests that come to the OpenShift API server, the Kubernetes API server, and the OAuth API server.
    Value
  • kubelet - Hostname Override handling

    Normally, OpenShift lets the kubelet get the hostname from either the cloud provider itself, or from the node's hostname. This ensures that the PKI...
    Rule Low Severity
  • kubelet - Hostname Override handling

    Normally, OpenShift lets the kubelet get the hostname from either the cloud provider itself, or from the node's hostname. This ensures that the PKI...
    Rule Low Severity
  • kubelet - Hostname Override handling

    Normally, OpenShift lets the kubelet get the hostname from either the cloud provider itself, or from the node's hostname. This ensures that the PKI...
    Rule Low Severity
  • kubelet - Disable the Read-Only Port

    To disable the read-only port, edit the kubelet configuration Edit the <code>openshift-kube-apiserver</code> configmap and set the <code>kubelet-re...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Client Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Client Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Client Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate client certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Allow Automatic Firewall Configuration

    The kubelet has the ability to automatically configure the firewall to allow the containers required ports and connections to networking resources ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Allow Automatic Firewall Configuration

    The kubelet has the ability to automatically configure the firewall to allow the containers required ports and connections to networking resources ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Allow Automatic Firewall Configuration

    The kubelet has the ability to automatically configure the firewall to allow the containers required ports and connections to networking resources ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Allow Automatic Firewall Configuration

    The kubelet has the ability to automatically configure the firewall to allow the containers required ports and connections to networking resources ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Protect Kernel Defaults

    <p> Protect tuned kernel parameters from being overwritten by the kubelet. </p> <p> Before enabling this kernel parame...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Server Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate server certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Enable Server Certificate Rotation

    To enable the kubelet to rotate server certificates, edit the kubelet configuration file <code>/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf</code> on the kubelet n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • kubelet - Set Up Sysctl to Enable Protect Kernel Defaults

    <p> Setup required tuned kernel parameters before enabling overwritten protection. Note that depending on the Linux distribution and...
    Rule Medium Severity

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