--- controls: version: "rke-cis-1.7" id: 4 text: "Worker Node Security Configuration" type: "node" groups: - id: 4.1 text: "Worker Node Configuration Files" checks: - id: 4.1.1 text: "Ensure that the kubelet service file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive (Automated)" type: "skip" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c permissions=%a $kubeletsvc; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "600" remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chmod 600 $kubeletsvc Not Applicable - Clusters provisioned by RKE doesn’t require or maintain a configuration file for the kubelet service. All configuration is passed in as arguments at container run time. scored: true - id: 4.1.2 text: "Ensure that the kubelet service file ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" type: "skip" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletsvc; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: root:root remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chown root:root $kubeletsvc Not Applicable - Clusters provisioned by RKE doesn’t require or maintain a configuration file for the kubelet service. All configuration is passed in as arguments at container run time. scored: true - id: 4.1.3 text: "If proxy kubeconfig file exists ensure permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c permissions=%a $proxykubeconfig; fi'' ' tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "permissions" set: true compare: op: bitmask value: "600" remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chmod 600 $proxykubeconfig scored: true - id: 4.1.4 text: "If proxy kubeconfig file exists ensure ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $proxykubeconfig; fi'' ' tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: root:root remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chown root:root $proxykubeconfig scored: true - id: 4.1.5 text: "Ensure that the --kubeconfig kubelet.conf file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletkubeconfig; then stat -c permissions=%a $kubeletkubeconfig; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "600" remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chmod 600 $kubeletkubeconfig scored: true - id: 4.1.6 text: "Ensure that the --kubeconfig kubelet.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletkubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletkubeconfig; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: root:root 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: 4.1.7 text: "Ensure that the certificate authorities file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive (Automated)" audit: "stat -c permissions=%a /node/etc/kubernetes/ssl/kube-ca.pem" tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "600" remediation: | Run the following command to modify the file permissions of the --client-ca-file chmod 600 scored: true - id: 4.1.8 text: "Ensure that the client certificate authorities file ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" audit: "stat -c %U:%G /node/etc/kubernetes/ssl/kube-ca.pem" tests: test_items: - flag: root:root compare: op: eq value: root:root remediation: | Run the following command to modify the ownership of the --client-ca-file. chown root:root scored: true - id: 4.1.9 text: "If the kubelet config.yaml configuration file is being used validate permissions set to 600 or more restrictive (Automated)" type: "skip" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c permissions=%a $kubeletconf; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "600" remediation: | Run the following command (using the config file location identified in the Audit step) chmod 600 $kubeletconf Not Applicable - Clusters provisioned by RKE do not require or maintain a configuration file for the kubelet. All configuration is passed in as arguments at container run time. scored: true - id: 4.1.10 text: "If the kubelet config.yaml configuration file is being used validate file ownership is set to root:root (Manual)" type: "skip" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c %U:%G $kubeletconf; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: root:root remediation: | Run the following command (using the config file location identified in the Audit step) chown root:root $kubeletconf Not Applicable - Clusters provisioned by RKE doesn’t require or maintain a configuration file for the kubelet. All configuration is passed in as arguments at container run time. scored: false - id: 4.2 text: "Kubelet" checks: - id: 4.2.1 text: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: "--anonymous-auth" path: '{.authentication.anonymous.enabled}' compare: op: eq value: false 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: 4.2.2 text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --authorization-mode path: '{.authorization.mode}' compare: op: nothave value: AlwaysAllow 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: 4.2.3 text: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --client-ca-file path: '{.authentication.x509.clientCAFile}' 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= Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example, systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart kubelet.service scored: true - id: 4.2.4 text: "Verify that the --read-only-port argument is set to 0 (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "--read-only-port" path: '{.readOnlyPort}' compare: op: eq value: 0 - flag: "--read-only-port" path: '{.readOnlyPort}' set: false 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: 4.2.5 text: "Ensure that the --streaming-connection-idle-timeout argument is not set to 0 (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --streaming-connection-idle-timeout path: '{.streamingConnectionIdleTimeout}' compare: op: noteq value: 0 - flag: --streaming-connection-idle-timeout path: '{.streamingConnectionIdleTimeout}' set: false bin_op: or 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: false - id: 4.2.6 text: "Ensure that the --make-iptables-util-chains argument is set to true (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --make-iptables-util-chains path: '{.makeIPTablesUtilChains}' compare: op: eq value: true - flag: --make-iptables-util-chains path: '{.makeIPTablesUtilChains}' set: false bin_op: or remediation: | If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set `makeIPTablesUtilChains` to `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: 4.2.7 text: "Ensure that the --hostname-override argument is not set (Manual)" # 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. type: "skip" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin " tests: test_items: - flag: --hostname-override 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 Not Applicable - Clusters provisioned by RKE set the --hostname-override to avoid any hostname configuration errors scored: false - id: 4.2.8 text: "Ensure that the eventRecordQPS argument is set to a level which ensures appropriate event capture (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --event-qps path: '{.eventRecordQPS}' compare: op: gte value: 0 - flag: --event-qps path: '{.eventRecordQPS}' set: false bin_op: or remediation: | If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set `eventRecordQPS` to an appropriate level. 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. Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example, systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart kubelet.service scored: false - id: 4.2.9 text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Manual)" type: "skip" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --tls-cert-file path: '{.tlsCertFile}' - flag: --tls-private-key-file path: '{.tlsPrivateKeyFile}' 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= --tls-private-key-file= Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example, systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart kubelet.service Permissive - When generating serving certificates, functionality could break in conjunction with hostname overrides which are required for certain cloud providers. scored: false - id: 4.2.10 text: "Ensure that the --rotate-certificates argument is not set to false (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --rotate-certificates path: '{.rotateCertificates}' compare: op: eq value: true - flag: --rotate-certificates path: '{.rotateCertificates}' set: false bin_op: or remediation: | If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to add the line `rotateCertificates` to `true` or remove it altogether to use the default value. If using command line arguments, edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc on each worker node and remove --rotate-certificates=false argument from 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: 4.2.11 text: "Verify that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Manual)" type: "skip" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: RotateKubeletServerCertificate path: '{.featureGates.RotateKubeletServerCertificate}' compare: op: nothave value: false - flag: RotateKubeletServerCertificate path: '{.featureGates.RotateKubeletServerCertificate}' set: false 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 Not Applicable - Clusters provisioned by RKE handles certificate rotation directly through RKE. scored: false - id: 4.2.12 text: "Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --tls-cipher-suites path: '{range .tlsCipherSuites[:]}{}{'',''}{end}' compare: op: valid_elements 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 remediation: | 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 or to a subset of these values. If using executable arguments, edit the kubelet service file $kubeletsvc on each worker node and set the --tls-cipher-suites parameter as follows, or to a subset of these values. --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 Based on your system, restart the kubelet service. For example: systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart kubelet.service scored: true - id: 4.2.13 text: "Ensure that a limit is set on pod PIDs (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $kubeletconf; then /bin/cat $kubeletconf; fi' " tests: test_items: - flag: --pod-max-pids path: '{.podPidsLimit}' remediation: | Decide on an appropriate level for this parameter and set it, either via the --pod-max-pids command line parameter or the PodPidsLimit configuration file setting. scored: false