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Limit Access to the Host IPC Namespace

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Containers should not be allowed access to the host's Interprocess Communication (IPC) namespace. To prevent containers from getting access to a host's IPC namespace, the appropriate Security Context Constraints (SCCs) should set allowHostIPC to false.

Rationale

A container running in the host's IPC namespace can use IPC to interact with processes outside the container potentially allowing an attacker to exploit a host process thereby enabling an attacker to exploit other services.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_scc_limit_ipc_namespace
Severity
Medium
References
Updated