--- controls: version: "k3s-cis-1.23" 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'' ' type: "skip" 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'' ' type: "skip" 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: 'stat -c %a /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/kubeproxy.kubeconfig' tests: bin_op: or test_items: - flag: "permissions" set: true 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 $proxykubeconfig scored: false - id: 4.1.4 text: "If proxy kubeconfig file exists ensure ownership is set to root:root (Manual)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test -e /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/kubeproxy.kubeconfig; then stat -c %U:%G /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/kubeproxy.kubeconfig; 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: false - id: 4.1.5 text: "Ensure that the --kubeconfig kubelet.conf file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Automated)" audit: 'stat -c %a /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/kubelet.kubeconfig ' tests: test_items: - flag: "644" compare: op: eq value: "644" 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: 4.1.6 text: "Ensure that the --kubeconfig kubelet.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Automated)" audit: 'stat -c %U:%G /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/kubelet.kubeconfig' 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: 4.1.7 text: "Ensure that the certificate authorities file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Manual)" audit: "stat -c %a /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls/server-ca.crt" tests: 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 - flag: "444" compare: op: eq value: "444" set: true - flag: "440" compare: op: eq value: "440" set: true - flag: "400" compare: op: eq value: "400" set: true - flag: "000" compare: op: eq value: "000" set: true bin_op: or remediation: | Run the following command to modify the file permissions of the --client-ca-file chmod 644 scored: true - id: 4.1.8 text: "Ensure that the client certificate authorities file ownership is set to root:root (Manual)" audit: "stat -c %U:%G /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls/client-ca.crt" tests: test_items: - flag: 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'' ' type: "skip" 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'' ' type: "skip" 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/sh -c ''if test $(journalctl -m -u k3s -u k3s-agent | grep "Running kubelet" | wc -l) -gt 0; then journalctl -m -u k3s -u k3s-agent | grep "Running kubelet" | tail -n1 | grep "anonymous-auth" | grep -v grep; else echo "--anonymous-auth=false"; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: "--anonymous-auth" path: '{.authentication.anonymous.enabled}' 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: 4.2.2 text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test $(journalctl -m -u k3s -u k3s-agent | grep "Running kubelet" | wc -l) -gt 0; then journalctl -m -u k3s -u k3s-agent | grep "Running kubelet" | tail -n1 | grep "authorization-mode" | grep -v grep; else echo "--authorization-mode=Webhook"; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: --authorization-mode path: '{.authorization.mode}' compare: op: nothave 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: 4.2.3 text: "Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (Automated)" audit: '/bin/sh -c ''if test $(journalctl -m -u k3s -u k3s-agent | grep "Running kubelet" | wc -l) -gt 0; then journalctl -m -u k3s -u k3s-agent | grep "Running kubelet" | tail -n1 | grep "client-ca-file" | grep -v grep; else echo "--client-ca-file=/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/tls/request-header-ca.crt"; fi'' ' tests: test_items: - flag: --client-ca-file path: '{.authentication.x509.clientCAFile}' 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= 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: "journalctl -m -u k3s | grep 'Running kubelet' | tail -n1 | grep 'read-only-port' " 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: "journalctl -m -u k3s | grep 'Running kubelet' | tail -n1 | grep 'streaming-connection-idle-timeout'" 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: "journalctl -m -u k3s | grep 'Running kubelet' | tail -n1 | grep 'protect-kernel-defaults'" type: "skip" tests: test_items: - flag: --protect-kernel-defaults path: '{.protectKernelDefaults}' compare: op: eq value: true set: true remediation: | If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set `protectKernelDefaults` to `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: "journalctl -m -u k3s | grep 'Running kubelet' | tail -n1 | grep 'make-iptables-util-chains'" type: "skip" tests: test_items: - flag: --make-iptables-util-chains path: '{.makeIPTablesUtilChains}' compare: op: eq value: true set: 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: 4.2.8 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 " type: "skip" 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" type: "manual" 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: "journalctl -m -u k3s | grep 'Running kubelet' | tail -n1" tests: test_items: - flag: --tls-cert-file path: '/var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/serving-kubelet.crt' - flag: --tls-private-key-file path: '/var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/serving-kubelet.key' 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 (Automated)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" type: "skip" 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: 4.2.12 text: "Verify that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Manual)" audit: "/bin/ps -fC $kubeletbin" type: "skip" 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" type: "manual" 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