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XCCDF
Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Kubernetes Settings
Security Context Constraints (SCC)
Limit Containers Ability to Escalate Privileges
Limit Containers Ability to Escalate Privileges
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Limit Containers Ability to Escalate Privileges
Medium Severity
Containers should be limited to only the privileges required to run and should not be allowed to escalate their privileges. To prevent containers from escalating privileges, the appropriate Security Context Constraints (SCCs) should set
allowPrivilegeEscalation
to
false
.