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---
controls :
version : 1.11
id : 2
text : "Worker Node Security Configuration"
type : "node"
groups :
- id : 2.1
text : "Kubelet"
checks :
- id : 2.1 .1
text : "Ensure that the --allow-privileged argument is set to false (Scored)"
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# This is one of those properties that can only be set as a command line argument.
# To check if the property is set as expected, we need to parse the kubelet command
# instead reading the Kubelet Configuration file.
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audit : "ps -fC $kubeletbin"
tests :
test_items :
- flag : "--allow-privileged"
compare :
op : eq
value : false
set : true
remediation : |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--allow-privileged=false
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .2
text : "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.authentication.anonymous.enabled}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : false
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set authentication: anonymous : enabled to
false .
If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--anonymous-auth=false
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .3
text : "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.authorization.mode}"
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compare :
op : noteq
value : "AlwaysAllow"
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set authorization : mode to Webhook.
If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_AUTHZ_ARGS variable.
--authorization-mode=Webhook
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .4
text : "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.authentication.x509.clientCAFile}"
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set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set authentication: x509 : clientCAFile to
the location of the client CA file.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_AUTHZ_ARGS variable.
--client-ca-file=<path/to/client-ca-file>
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .5
text : "Ensure that the --read-only-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.readOnlyPort}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : "0"
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set readOnlyPort to 0 .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--read-only-port=0
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .6
text : "Ensure that the --streaming-connection-idle-timeout argument is not set to 0 (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
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- path : "{.streamingConnectionIdleTimeout}"
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set : false
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- path : "{.streamingConnectionIdleTimeout}"
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compare :
op : noteq
value : 0
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set streamingConnectionIdleTimeout to a
value other than 0.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--streaming-connection-idle-timeout=5m
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .7
text : "Ensure that the --protect-kernel-defaults argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.protectKernelDefaults}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : true
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set protectKernelDefaults : true .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--protect-kernel-defaults=true
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .8
text : "Ensure that the --make-iptables-util-chains argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
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- path : "{.makeIPTablesUtilChains}"
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set : false
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- path : "{.makeIPTablesUtilChains}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : true
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set makeIPTablesUtilChains : true .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
remove the --make-iptables-util-chains argument from the
KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .9
text : "Ensure that the --hostname-override argument is not set (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.hostnameOverride}"
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set : false
remediation : |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and remove the --hostname-override argument from the
KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .10
text : "Ensure that the --event-qps argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.eventRecordQPS}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : 0
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set eventRecordQPS : 0 .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameter in KUBELET_SYSTEM_PODS_ARGS variable.
--event-qps=0
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .11
text : "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
bin_op : and
test_items :
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- path : "{.tlsCertFile}"
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set : true
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- path : "{.tlsPrivateKeyFile}"
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set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set tlsCertFile to the location of the certificate
file to use to identify this Kubelet, and tlsPrivateKeyFile to the location of the
corresponding private key file.
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file
$kubeletsvc on each worker node and
set the below parameters in KUBELET_CERTIFICATE_ARGS variable.
--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-certificate-file>
file=<path/to/tls-key-file>
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .12
text : "Ensure that the --cadvisor-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
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- path : "{.cadvisorPort}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : 0
set : true
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- path : "{.cadvisorPort}"
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set : false
remediation : |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and set the below parameter in KUBELET_CADVISOR_ARGS variable.
--cadvisor-port=0
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .13
text : "Ensure that the --rotate-certificates argument is not set to false (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
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- path : "{.rotateCertificates}"
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set : false
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- path : "{.rotateCertificates}"
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compare :
op : noteq
value : "false"
set : true
remediation : |
If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to add the line rotateCertificates : true .
If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and add --rotate-certificates=true argument to the KUBELET_CERTIFICATE_ARGS variable.
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .14
text : "Ensure that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.featureGates.RotateKubeletServerCertificate}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : true
set : true
remediation : |
Edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc
on each worker node and set the below parameter in KUBELET_CERTIFICATE_ARGS variable.
--feature-gates=RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true
Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example :
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl restart kubelet.service
scored : true
- id : 2.1 .15
text : "Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers (Not Scored)"
audit : "cat $kubeletconf"
tests :
test_items :
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- path : "{.tlsCipherSuites}"
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compare :
op : eq
value : "TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256"
set : true
remediation : |
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If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set TLSCipherSuites : to TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
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If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc on each worker node and set the below parameter.
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--tls-cipher-suites=TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305,TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384,TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
scored : false
- id : 2.2
text : "Configuration Files"
checks :
- id : 2.2 .1
text : "Ensure that the kubelet.conf file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletkubeconfig; then stat -c %a $kubeletkubeconfig; fi'"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
- flag : "644"
compare :
op : eq
value : "644"
set : true
- flag : "640"
compare :
op : eq
value : "640"
set : true
- flag : "600"
compare :
op : eq
value : "600"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chmod 644 $kubeletkubeconfig
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .2
text : "Ensure that the kubelet.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletkubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletkubeconfig; fi'"
tests :
test_items :
- flag : "root:root"
compare :
op : eq
value : root:root
set : true
remediation : |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chown root:root $kubeletkubeconfig
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .3
text : "Ensure that the kubelet service file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c %a $kubeletsvc; fi'"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
- flag : "644"
compare :
op : eq
value : 644
set : true
- flag : "640"
compare :
op : eq
value : "640"
set : true
- flag : "600"
compare :
op : eq
value : "600"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chmod 755 $kubeletsvc
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .4
text : "Ensure that the kubelet service file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletsvc; fi'"
tests :
test_items :
- flag : "root:root"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chown root:root $kubeletsvc
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .5
text : "Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c %a $proxykubeconfig; fi'"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
- flag : "644"
compare :
op : eq
value : "644"
set : true
- flag : "640"
compare :
op : eq
value : "640"
set : true
- flag : "600"
compare :
op : eq
value : "600"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chmod 644 $proxykubeconfig
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Note - This test reports "FAIL" if kube-proxy has been configured
using a kubernetes configMap. Only under this situation, the "FAIL" can safely be ignored
as the kube-proxy does not expose the kubeconfig file to the worker node.
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scored : true
- id : 2.2 .6
text : "Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $proxykubeconfig; fi'"
tests :
test_items :
- flag : "root:root"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker
node. For example,
chown root:root $proxykubeconfig
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Note - This test reports "FAIL" if kube-proxy has been configured
using a kubernetes configMap. Only under this situation, the "FAIL" can safely be ignored
as the kube-proxy does not expose the kubeconfig file to the worker node.
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scored : true
- id : 2.2 .7
text : "Ensure that the certificate authorities file permissions are set to
644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
type : manual
remediation : |
Run the following command to modify the file permissions of the --client-ca-file
chmod 644 <filename>
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .8
text : "Ensure that the client certificate authorities file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
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audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletcafile; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletcafile; fi'"
tests :
test_items :
- flag : "root:root"
compare :
op : eq
value : root:root
set : true
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remediation : |
Run the following command to modify the ownership of the --client-ca-file .
chown root:root <filename>
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .9
text : "Ensure that the kubelet configuration file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletconf; fi'"
tests :
test_items :
- flag : "root:root"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the following command (using the config file location identied in the Audit step)
chown root:root $kubeletconf
scored : true
- id : 2.2 .10
text : "Ensure that the kubelet configuration file has permissions set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit : "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %a $kubeletconf; fi'"
tests :
bin_op : or
test_items :
- flag : "644"
compare :
op : eq
value : "644"
set : true
- flag : "640"
compare :
op : eq
value : "640"
set : true
- flag : "600"
compare :
op : eq
value : "600"
set : true
remediation : |
Run the following command (using the config file location identied in the Audit step)
chmod 644 $kubeletconf
scored : true