The container platform must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Controlling what users can perform privileged functions prevents unauthorized users from performing tasks that may expose data or degrade the container platform. When users are not segregated into privileged and non-privileged users, unauthorized individuals may perform tasks such as deploying containers, pulling images into the register, and modify keys in the keystore. These actions can introduce malicious containers and cause denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and undermine the container platform integrity. The enforcement may take place at the container platform and can be implemented within each container platform component (e.g. runtime, registry, and keystore).</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-233162r961353_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the container platform to security to protect all privileged functionality. Assigning roles that limit what actions a particular user can perform are the most common means of meeting this requirement.