--- controls: version: 1.6 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 644 or more restrictive (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletsvc; then stat -c permissions=%a $kubeletsvc; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "644" remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chmod 644 $kubeletsvc scored: true - id: 4.1.2 text: "Ensure that the kubelet service file ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" 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 scored: true - id: 4.1.3 text: "If proxy kubeconfig file exists ensure permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Manual)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c permissions=%a $proxykubeconfig; fi'' ' tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "permissions" set: true compare: op: bitmask value: "644" - flag: "$proxykubeconfig" set: false remediation: | Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the each worker node. For example, chmod 644 $proxykubeconfig scored: false - id: 4.1.4 text: "Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root (Manual)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $proxykubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G $proxykubeconfig; fi'' ' tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: root:root - flag: "$proxykubeconfig" set: false 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: false - id: 4.1.5 text: "Ensure that the --kubeconfig kubelet.conf file permissions are set to 644 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: "644" 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: 4.1.6 text: "Ensure that the --kubeconfig kubelet.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Manual)" 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 $kubeletkubeconfig scored: false - id: 4.1.7 text: "Ensure that the certificate authorities file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Manual)" audit: | CAFILE=$(ps -ef | grep kubelet | grep -v apiserver | grep -- --client-ca-file= | awk -F '--client-ca-file=' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}') if test -z $CAFILE; then CAFILE=$kubeletcafile; fi if test -e $CAFILE; then stat -c permissions=%a $CAFILE; fi tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "644" remediation: | Run the following command to modify the file permissions of the --client-ca-file chmod 644 scored: false - id: 4.1.8 text: "Ensure that the client certificate authorities file ownership is set to root:root (Manual)" audit: | CAFILE=$(ps -ef | grep kubelet | grep -v apiserver | grep -- --client-ca-file= | awk -F '--client-ca-file=' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}') if test -z $CAFILE; then CAFILE=$kubeletcafile; fi if test -e $CAFILE; then stat -c %U:%G $CAFILE; fi 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: false - id: 4.1.9 text: "Ensure that the kubelet --config configuration file has permissions set to 644 or more restrictive (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e $kubeletconf; then stat -c permissions=%a $kubeletconf; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: "permissions" compare: op: bitmask value: "644" remediation: | Run the following command (using the config file location identified in the Audit step) chmod 644 $kubeletconf scored: true - id: 4.1.10 text: "Ensure that the kubelet --config configuration file ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" 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 scored: true - 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/cat $kubeletconf" 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/cat $kubeletconf" 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/cat $kubeletconf" 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: "Ensure that the --read-only-port argument is set to 0 (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" 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: false - 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/cat $kubeletconf" 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 --protect-kernel-defaults argument is set to true (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" tests: test_items: - flag: --protect-kernel-defaults path: '{.protectKernelDefaults}' compare: op: eq value: 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: 4.2.7 text: "Ensure that the --make-iptables-util-chains argument is set to true (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" 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: 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: 4.2.8 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. 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 scored: false - id: 4.2.9 text: "Ensure that the --event-qps argument is set to 0 or a level which ensures appropriate event capture (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" tests: test_items: - flag: --event-qps path: '{.eventRecordQPS}' compare: op: eq value: 0 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: 4.2.10 text: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" 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 scored: false - id: 4.2.11 text: "Ensure that the --rotate-certificates argument is not set to false (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" 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: 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: false - id: 4.2.12 text: "Verify that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" 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 scored: false - id: 4.2.13 text: "Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" audit_config: "/bin/cat $kubeletconf" 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: false