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The Kubernetes component PKI must be owned by root.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The Kubernetes PKI directory contains all certificates (.crt files) supporting secure network communications in the Kubernetes Control Plane. If these files can be modified, data traversing within the architecture components would become unsecure and compromised. Many of the security settings within the document are implemented through this file.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-242451r961863_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Change the ownership of the PKI to root: root by executing the command:

chown -R root:root /etc/kubernetes/pki/