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The Kubernetes etcd must use TLS to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The Kubernetes API Server will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communication. The use of unsupported protocol exposes vulnerabilities to the Kubernetes by rogue traffic interceptions, man-in-the-middle attacks, and impersonation of users or services from the container platform runtime, registry, and keystore. To enable the minimum version of TLS to be used by the Kubernetes API Server, the setting "--peer-auto-tls" must be set.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-242380r927238_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Edit the Kubernetes etcd manifest file in the /etc/kubernetes/manifests directory on the Kubernetes Control Plane. 

Set the value of "--peer-auto-tls" to "false".