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Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Kubernetes Kubelet must have the SSL Certificate Authority set.

    <VulnDiscussion>Kubernetes container and pod configuration are maintained by Kubelet. Kubelet agents register nodes with the API Server, moun...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000219-CTR-000550

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Kubernetes Controller Manager must have the SSL Certificate Authority set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes Controller Manager is responsible for creating service accounts and tokens for the API Server, maintaining the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000219-CTR-000550

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Kubernetes API Server must have a certificate for communication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubernetes control plane and external communication is managed by API Server. The main implementation of the API Server is to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000219-CTR-000550

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Kubernetes etcd must enable client authentication to secure service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubernetes container and pod configuration are maintained by Kubelet. Kubelet agents register nodes with the API Server, moun...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000219-CTR-000550

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Kubernetes kubeadm.conf must have file permissions set to 644 or more restrictive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Kubernetes kubeadm.conf contains sensitive information regarding the cluster nodes configuration. If this file can be mod...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-CTR-001330

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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