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Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000190-CTR-000500
Kubernetes Kubelet must not disable timeouts.
Kubernetes Kubelet must not disable timeouts.
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Kubernetes Kubelet must not disable timeouts.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Idle connections from the Kubelet can be used by unauthorized users to perform malicious activity to the nodes, pods, containers, and cluster within the Kubernetes Control Plane. Setting the streamingConnectionIdleTimeout defines the maximum time an idle session is permitted prior to disconnect. Setting the value to "0" never disconnects any idle sessions. Idle timeouts must never be set to "0" and should be defined at "5m" (the default is 4hr).</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>