--- controls: version: 1.6 id: 1 description: "Master Node Security Configuration" type: "master" groups: - id: 1.1 description: "API Server" checks: - id: 1.1.1 description: "Ensure that the --allow-privileged argument is set to false (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "allow-privileged" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ALLOW_PRIV parameter to \"--allow-privileged=false\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.2 description: "Ensure that the --anonymous-auth argument is set to false (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--anonymous-auth" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--anonymous-auth=false\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.3 description: "Ensure that the --basic-auth-file argument is not set (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--basic-auth-file" set: false remediation: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove the \"--basic-auth-file=\" argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter." scored: true - id: 1.1.4 description: "Ensure that the --insecure-allow-any-token argument is not set (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--insecure-allow-any-token" set: false remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove the --insecure-allow-any-token argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter." scored: true - id: 1.1.5 description: "Ensure that the --kubelet-https argument is set to true (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "--kubelet-https" compare: op: eq value: true set: true - flag: "--kubelet-https" set: false remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove the --kubelet-https argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter." scored: true - id: 1.1.6 description: "Ensure that the --insecure-bind-address argument is not set (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--insecure-bind-address" set: false remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove the --insecure-bind-address argument from the KUBE_API_ADDRESS parameter." scored: true - id: 1.1.7 description: "Ensure that the --insecure-port argument is set to 0 (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--insecure-port" compare: op: eq value: 0 set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set --insecure-port=0 in the KUBE_API_PORT parameter." scored: true - id: 1.1.8 description: "Ensure that the --secure-port argument is not set to 0 (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "--secure-port" compare: op: gt value: 0 set: true - flag: "--secure-port" set: false remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and either remove the --secure-port argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter or set it to a different desired port." scored: true - id: 1.1.9 description: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--profiling" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--profiling=false\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.10 description: "Ensure that the --repair-malformed-updates argument is set to false (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--repair-malformed-updates" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--repair-malformed-updates=false\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.11 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is not set to AlwaysAdmit (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--admission-control" compare: op: nothave value: AlwaysAdmit set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to a value that does not include AlwaysAdmit" scored: true - id: 1.1.12 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to AlwaysPullImages (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--admission-control" compare: op: has value: "AlwaysPullImages" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,AlwaysPullImages,...\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.13 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to DenyEscalatingExec (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--admission-control" compare: op: has value: "DenyEscalatingExec" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,DenyEscalatingExec,...\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.14 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to SecurityContextDeny (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--admission-control" compare: op: has value: "SecurityContextDeny" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,SecurityContextDeny,...\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.15 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to NamespaceLifecycle (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "admission-control" compare: op: has value: "NamespaceLifecycle" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=NamespaceLifecycle,...\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.16 description: "Ensure that the --audit-log-path argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--audit-log-path" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-path=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.17 description: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxage argument is set to 30 or as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--audit-log-maxage" compare: op: gte value: 30 set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-maxage=30\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.18 description: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxbackup argument is set to 10 or as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--audit-log-maxbackup" compare: op: gte value: 10 set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-maxbackup=10\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.19 description: "Ensure that the --audit-log-maxsize argument is set to 100 or as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--audit-log-maxsize" compare: op: gte value: 100 set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--audit-log-maxsize=100\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.20 description: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--authorization-mode" compare: op: nothave value: "AlwaysAllow" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to values other than \"--authorization-mode=AlwaysAllow\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.21 description: "Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--token-auth-file" set: false remediation: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and remove the \"--tokenauth-file=\" argument from the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter." scored: true - id: 1.1.22 description: "Ensure that the --kubelet-certificate-authority argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--kubelet-certificate-authority" set: true remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup the TLS connection between the apiserver and kubelets. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--kubelet-certificate-authority=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.23 description: "Ensure that the --kubelet-client-certificate and --kubelet-client-key arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: and test_items: - flag: "--kubelet-client-certificate" set: true - flag: "--kubelet-client-key" set: true remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the apiserver and kubelets. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--kubelet-clientcertificate=\" and \"--kubelet-clientkey=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.24 description: "Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--service-account-lookup" compare: op: eq value: true set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--service-account-lookup=true\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.25 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to PodSecurityPolicy (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--admission-control" compare: op: has value: "PodSecurityPolicy" set: true remediation: "Follow the documentation and create Pod Security Policy objects as per your environment. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admission-control=...,PodSecurityPolicy,...\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.26 description: "Ensure that the --service-account-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--service-account-key-file" set: true remediation: "Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--service-account-key-file=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.27 description: "Ensure that the --etcd-certfile and --etcd-keyfile arguments are set as appropriate (Scored" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: and test_items: - flag: "--etcd-certfile" set: true - flag: "--etcd-keyfile" set: true remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the apiserver and etcd. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--etcd-certfile=\" and \"--etcd-keyfile=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.28 description: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to ServiceAccount (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--admission-control" compare: op: has value: "ServiceAccount" set: true remediation: "Follow the documentation and create ServiceAccount objects as per your environment. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_ADMISSION_CONTROL parameter to \"--admissioncontrol=...,ServiceAccount,...\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.29 description: "Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: and test_items: - flag: "--tls-cert-file" set: true - flag: "--tls-private-key-file" set: true remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the apiserver. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--tls-cert-file=\" and \"--tls-private-key-file=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.30 description: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--client-ca-file" set: true remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection on the apiserver. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--client-ca-file=\"" scored: true - id: 1.1.31 description: "Ensure that the --etcd-cafile argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--etcd-cafile" set: true remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set up the TLS connection between the apiserver and etcd. Then, edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to include \"--etcd-cafile=\"" scored: true - id: 1.2 description: "Scheduler" checks: - id: 1.2.1 description: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $schedulerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--profiling" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Edit the $schedulerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_SCHEDULER_ARGS parameter to \"--profiling=false\"" scored: true - id: 1.3 description: "Controller Manager" checks: - id: 1.3.1 description: "Ensure that the --terminated-pod-gc-threshold argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--terminated-pod-gc-threshold" set: true remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to \"--terminated-pod-gcthreshold=\"" scored: true - id: 1.3.2 description: "Ensure that the --profiling argument is set to false (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--profiling" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to \"--profiling=false\"" scored: true - id: 1.3.3 description: "Ensure that the --insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group argument is not set (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group" set: false remediation: "Edit the /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager file on the master node and remove the --insecure-experimental-approve-all-kubelet-csrs-for-group argument from the KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter." scored: true - id: 1.3.4 description: "Ensure that the --use-service-account-credentials argument is set" audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--use-service-account-credentials" compare: op: eq value: true set: true remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to --use-service-account-credentials=true" scored: true - id: 1.3.5 description: "Ensure that the --service-account-private-key-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--service-account-private-key-file" set: true remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to --service-account-private-keyfile=" scored: true - id: 1.3.6 description: "Ensure that the --root-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--root-ca-file" set: true remediation: "Edit the $controllermanagerconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_ARGS parameter to include --root-ca-file=" scored: true - id: 1.4 description: "Configure Files" checks: - id: 1.4.1 description: "Ensure that the apiserver file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)" # audit: "/bin/bash -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %a $apiserverconf; fi'" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %a $apiserverconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chmod 644 $apiserverconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.2 description: "Ensure that the apiserver file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $apiserverconf; then stat -c %U:%G $apiserverconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chown root:root $apiserverconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.3 description: "Ensure that the config file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $config; then stat -c %a $config; 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 master node. \nFor example, chmod 644 $config" scored: true - id: 1.4.4 description: "Ensure that the config file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $config; then stat -c %U:%G $config; 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 master node. \nFor example, chown root:root $config" scored: true - id: 1.4.5 description: "Ensure that the scheduler file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $schedulerconf; then stat -c %a $schedulerconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chmod 644 $schedulerconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.6 description: "Ensure that the scheduler file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $schedulerconf; then stat -c %U:%G $schedulerconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chown root:root $schedulerconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.7 description: "Ensure that the etcd.conf file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $etcdconf; then stat -c %a $etcdconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chmod 644 $etcdconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.8 description: "Ensure that the etcd.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $etcdconf; then stat -c %U:%G $etcdconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chown root:root $etcdconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.9 description: "Ensure that the flanneld file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $flanneldconf; then stat -c %a $flanneldconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chmod 644 $flanneldconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.10 description: "Ensure that the flanneld file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)" audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $flanneldconf; then stat -c %U:%G $flanneldconf; 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 master node. \nFor example, chown root:root $flanneldconf" scored: true - id: 1.4.11 description: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)" audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %a tests: test_items: - flag: "700" compare: op: eq value: "700" set: true remediation: "On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --data-dir , from the below command:\n ps -ef | grep $etcdbin\n Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,\n chmod 700 /var/lib/etcd/default.etcd" scored: true - id: 1.4.12 description: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)" audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\(\S*\)%\1%' | xargs stat -c %U:%G tests: test_items: - flag: "etcd:etcd" set: true remediation: "On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --data-dir , from the below command:\n ps -ef | grep etcd\n Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,\n chown etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd/default.etcd" scored: true - id: 1.5 description: "etcd" checks: - id: 1.5.1 description: "Ensure that the --cert-file and --key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--cert-file" set: true - flag: "--key-file" set: true remediation: "Follow the etcd service documentation and configure TLS encryption." scored: true - id: 1.5.2 description: "Ensure that the --client-cert-auth argument is set to true (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--client-cert-auth" compare: op: eq value: true set: true remediation: "Edit the etcd envrironment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node and set the ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH parameter to \"true\". Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the startup parameter for --clientcert-auth and set it to \"${ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH}\"" scored: true - id: 1.5.3 description: "Ensure that the --auto-tls argument is not set to true (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "--auto-tls" set: false - flag: "--auto-tls" compare: op: neq value: true remediation: "Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node and comment out the ETCD_AUTO_TLS parameter. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and remove the startup parameter for --auto-tls." scored: true - id: 1.5.4 description: "Ensure that the --peer-cert-file and --peer-key-file arguments are set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--peer-cert-file" set: true - flag: "--peer-key-file" set: true remediation: "Note: This recommendation is applicable only for etcd clusters. If you are using only one etcd server in your environment then this recommendation is not applicable. Follow the etcd service documentation and configure peer TLS encryption as appropriate for your etcd cluster." scored: true - id: 1.5.5 description: "Ensure that the --peer-client-cert-auth argument is set to true (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--peer-client-cert-auth" compare: op: eq value: true set: true remediation: "Note: This recommendation is applicable only for etcd clusters. If you are using only one etcd server in your environment then this recommendation is not applicable. Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node and set the ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH parameter to \"true\". Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the startup parameter for --peer-client-cert-auth and set it to \"${ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH}\"" scored: true - id: 1.5.6 description: "Ensure that the --peer-auto-tls argument is not set to true (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "--peer-auto-tls" set: false - flag: "--peer-auto-tls" compare: op: eq value: false set: true remediation: "Note: This recommendation is applicable only for etcd clusters. If you are using only one etcd server in your environment then this recommendation is not applicable. Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node and comment out the ETCD_PEER_AUTO_TLS parameter. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and remove the startup parameter for --peer-auto-tls." scored: true - id: 1.5.7 description: "Ensure that the --wal-dir argument is set as appropriate (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--wal-dir" set: true remediation: "Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node and set the ETCD_WAL_DIR parameter as appropriate. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the startup parameter for --wal-dir and set it to \"${ETCD_WAL_DIR}\"" scored: true - id: 1.5.8 description: "Ensure that the --max-wals argument is set to 0 (Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--max-wals" compare: op: eq value: 0 set: true remediation: "Edit the etcd environment file (for example, $etcdconf) on the etcd server node and set the ETCD_MAX_WALS parameter to 0. Edit the etcd startup file (for example, /etc/systemd/system/multiuser.target.wants/etcd.service) and configure the startup parameter for --max-wals and set it to \"${ETCD_MAX_WALS}\"." scored: true - id: 1.5.9 description: "Ensure that a unique Certificate Authority is used for etcd (Not Scored)" audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep" tests: test_items: - flag: "--trusted-ca-file" set: true remediation: "Follow the etcd documentation and create a dedicated certificate authority setup for the etcd service." scored: false - id: 1.6 description: "General Security Primitives" checks: - id: 1.6.1 description: "Ensure that the cluster-admin role is only used where required (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Remove any unneeded clusterrolebindings: kubectl delete clusterrolebinding [name]" scored: false - id: 1.6.2 description: "Create Pod Security Policies for your cluster (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Follow the documentation and create and enforce Pod Security Policies for your cluster. Additionally, you could refer the \"CIS Security Benchmark for Docker\" and follow the suggested Pod Security Policies for your environment." scored: false - id: 1.6.3 description: "Create administrative boundaries between resources using namespaces (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Follow the documentation and create namespaces for objects in your deployment as you need them." scored: false - id: 1.6.4 description: "Create network segmentation using Network Policies (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Follow the documentation and create NetworkPolicy objects as you need them." scored: false - id: 1.6.5 description: "Avoid using Kubernetes Secrets (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Use other mechanisms such as vaults to manage your cluster secrets." scored: false - id: 1.6.6 description: "Ensure that the seccomp profile is set to docker/default in your pod definitions (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Seccomp is an alpha feature currently. By default, all alpha features are disabled. So, you would need to enable alpha features in the apiserver by passing \"--feature- gates=AllAlpha=true\" argument.\n Edit the $apiserverconf file on the master node and set the KUBE_API_ARGS parameter to \"--feature-gates=AllAlpha=true\" KUBE_API_ARGS=\"--feature-gates=AllAlpha=true\"" scored: false - id: 1.6.7 description: "Apply Security Context to Your Pods and Containers (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and apply security contexts to your pods. For a suggested list of security contexts, you may refer to the CIS Security Benchmark for Docker Containers." scored: false - id: 1.6.8 description: "Configure Image Provenance using ImagePolicyWebhook admission controller (Not Scored)" type: "manual" remediation: "Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup image provenance." scored: false