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Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Kubernetes API Server must enable Node,RBAC as the authorization mode.

    <VulnDiscussion>To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DOD-ap...
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  • SRG-APP-000038-CTR-000105

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  • User-managed resources must be created in dedicated namespaces.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Creating namespaces for user-managed resources is important when implementing Role-Based Access Controls (RBAC). RBAC allows ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes Scheduler must have secure binding.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of attack vectors and implementing authentication and encryption on the endpoints available to external s...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000090

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  • The Kubernetes Controllers must enforce ports, protocols, and services (PPS) that adhere to the Ports, Protocols, and Services Management Category Assurance List (PPSM CAL).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubernetes Controller ports, protocols, and services must be controlled and conform to the PPSM CAL. Those PPS that fall outs...
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  • The Kubernetes Controller Manager must have secure binding.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of attack vectors and implementing authentication and encryption on the endpoints available to external s...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have the insecure port flag disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the API server will listen on two ports. One port is the secure port and the other port is called the "localhost ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes Kubelet must have the "readOnlyPort" flag disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Kubelet serves a small REST API with read access to port 10255. The read-only port for Kubernetes provides no authentication ...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000095

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have the insecure bind address not set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the API server will listen on two ports and addresses. One address is the secure address and the other address is...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000100

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  • The Kubernetes API server must have the secure port set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, the API server will listen on what is rightfully called the secure port, port 6443. Any requests to this port wil...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-CTR-000100

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  • SRG-APP-000142-CTR-000325

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  • The Kubernetes API Server must have an audit log path set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When Kubernetes is started, components and user services are started for auditing startup events, and events for components a...
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  • SRG-APP-000026-CTR-000070

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