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kube-bench/cfg/1.8/master.yaml

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---
controls:
version: 1.8
id: 1
text: "Master Node Security Configuration"
type: "master"
groups:
- id: 1.1
text: "API Server"
checks:
- id: 1.1.1
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--anonymous-auth=false
scored: true
- id: 1.1.2
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --basic-auth-file=<filename>
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.3
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --insecure-allow-any-token
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.4
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --kubelet-https parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.5
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --insecure-bind-address
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.6
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
apiserver.yaml on the master node and set the below parameter.
--insecure-port=0
scored: true
- id: 1.1.7
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and either remove the --secure-port parameter or
set it to a different (non-zero) desired port.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.8
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.1.9
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--repair-malformed-updates=false
scored: true
- id: 1.1.10
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to a
value that does not include AlwaysAdmit.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.11
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to
include AlwaysPullImages.
--admission-control=...,AlwaysPullImages,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.12
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to a
value that includes DenyEscalatingExec.
--admission-control=...,DenyEscalatingExec,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.13
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to
include SecurityContextDeny.
--admission-control=...,SecurityContextDeny,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.14
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to
include NamespaceLifecycle.
--admission-control=...,NamespaceLifecycle,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.15
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-path parameter to a suitable
path and file where you would like audit logs to be written, for example:
--audit-log-path=/var/log/apiserver/audit.log
scored: true
- id: 1.1.16
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-maxage parameter to 30 or
as an appropriate number of days:
--audit-log-maxage=30
scored: true
- id: 1.1.17
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-maxbackup parameter to 10
or to an appropriate value.
--audit-log-maxbackup=10
scored: true
- id: 1.1.18
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --audit-log-maxsize parameter to an
appropriate size in MB. For example, to set it as 100 MB:
--audit-log-maxsize=100
scored: true
- id: 1.1.19
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --authorization-mode parameter to
values other than AlwaysAllow. One such example could be as below.
--authorization-mode=RBAC
scored: true
- id: 1.1.20
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and remove the --token-auth-file=<filename>
parameter.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.21
text: "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 API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the --
kubelet-certificate-authority parameter to the path to the cert file for the certificate
authority.
--kubelet-certificate-authority=<ca-string>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.22
text: "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 API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the
kubelet client certificate and key parameters as below.
--kubelet-client-certificate=<path/to/client-certificate-file>
--kubelet-client-key=<path/to/client-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.23
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--service-account-lookup=true
scored: true
- id: 1.1.24
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to a
value that includes PodSecurityPolicy :
--admission-control=...,PodSecurityPolicy,...
Then restart the API Server.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.25
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --service-account-key-file parameter
to the public key file for service accounts:
--service-account-key-file=<filename>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.26
text: "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 API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the etcd
certificate and key file parameters.
--etcd-certfile=<path/to/client-certificate-file>
--etcd-keyfile=<path/to/client-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.27
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to a
value that includes ServiceAccount.
--admission-control=...,ServiceAccount,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.28
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the TLS certificate and private key file
parameters.
--tls-cert-file=<path/to/tls-certificate-file>
--tls-private-key-file=<path/to/tls-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.29
text: "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 API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the client certificate authority file.
--client-ca-file=<path/to/client-ca-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.30
text: "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 API server pod specification file
$apiserverconf on the master node and set the etcd
certificate authority file parameter.
--etcd-cafile=<path/to/ca-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.31
text: "Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is set to Node (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--authorization-mode"
compare:
op: has
value: "Node"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --authorization-mode parameter to a
value that includes Node.
--authorization-mode=Node,RBAC
scored: true
- id: 1.1.32
text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to NodeRestriction (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--admission-control"
compare:
op: has
value: "NodeRestriction"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure NodeRestriction plug-in on kubelets.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --admission-control parameter to a
value that includes NodeRestriction.
--admission-control=...,NodeRestriction,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.33
text: "Ensure that the --experimental-encryption-provider-config argument is
set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--experimental-encryption-provider-config"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure a EncryptionConfig file. Then, edit
the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --experimental-encryption-provider-config parameter
to the path of that file:
--experimental-encryption-provider-config=</path/to/EncryptionConfig/File>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.34
text: "Ensure that the encryption provider is set to aescbc (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and configure a EncryptionConfig file. In this file,
choose aescbc as the encryption provider.
For example,
kind: EncryptionConfig
apiVersion: v1
resources:
- resources:
- secrets
providers:
- aescbc:
keys:
- name: key1
secret: <32-byte base64-encoded secret>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.35
text: "Ensure that the admission control policy is set to EventRateLimit (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--admission-control"
compare:
op: has
value: "EventRateLimit"
set: true
remediation: |
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set the desired limits in a configuration file.
Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
and set the below parameters.
--admission-control=EventRateLimit
--admission-control-config-file=<path/to/configuration/file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.36
text: "Ensure that the AdvancedAuditing argument is not set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and set the desired audit policy in the
/etc/kubernetes/audit-policy.yaml file. Then, edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
and set the below parameters.
--audit-policy-file=/etc/kubernetes/audit-policy.yaml
scored: true
- id: 1.1.37
text: "Ensure that the --request-timeout argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
and set the below parameter as appropriate and if needed. For example,
--request-timeout=300s
scored: true
- id: 1.2
text: "Scheduler"
checks:
- id: 1.2.1
text: "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: |
Remediation:
Edit the Scheduler pod specification file $schedulerconf
file on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.3
text: "Controller Manager"
checks:
- id: 1.3.1
text: "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 Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
on the master node and set the --terminated-pod-gc-threshold to an appropriate threshold, for example:
--terminated-pod-gc-threshold=10
scored: true
- id: 1.3.2
text: "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 Controller Manager pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.3.3
text: "Ensure that the --use-service-account-credentials argument is set (Scored)"
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 Controller Manager pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node to set the below parameter.
--use-service-account-credentials=true
scored: true
- id: 1.3.4
text: "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 Controller Manager pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --service-account-private-
key-file parameter to the private key file for service accounts.
--service-account-private-key-file=<filename>
scored: true
- id: 1.3.5
text: "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 Controller Manager pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --root-ca-file parameter to
the certificate bundle file.
--root-ca-file=<path/to/file>
scored: true
- id: 1.3.6
text: "Apply Security Context to Your Pods and Containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
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: 1.3.7
text: " Ensure that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "RotateKubeletServerCertificate"
compare:
op: eq
value: true
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $apiserverconf
controller-manager.yaml on the master node and set the --feature-gates parameter to
include RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true.
--feature-gates=RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true
scored: true
- id: 1.4
text: "Configuration Files"
checks:
- id: 1.4.1
text: "Ensure that the API server pod specification file permissions are
set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
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.
For example,
chmod 644 $apiserverconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.2
text: "Ensure that the API server pod specification 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.
For example,
chown root:root $apiserverconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.3
text: "Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file
permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $controllermanagerconf; then stat -c %a $controllermanagerconf; 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.
For example,
chmod 644 $controllermanagerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.4
text: "Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file
ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $controllermanagerconf; then stat -c %U:%G $controllermanagerconf; 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.
For example,
chown root:root $controllermanagerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.5
text: "Ensure that the scheduler pod specification 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.
For example,
chmod 644 $schedulerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.6
text: "Ensure that the scheduler pod specification 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.
For example,
chown root:root $schedulerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.7
text: "Ensure that the etcd pod specification 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.
For example,
chmod 644 $etcdconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.8
text: "Ensure that the etcd pod specification 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.
For example,
chown root:root $etcdconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.9
text: "Ensure that the Container Network Interface file permissions are
set to 644 or more restrictive (Not Scored)"
audit: "stat -c %a <path/to/cni/files>"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chmod 644 <path/to/cni/files>
scored: true
- id: 1.4.10
text: "Ensure that the Container Network Interface file ownership is set
to root:root (Not Scored)"
audit: "stat -c %U:%G <path/to/cni/files>"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on the master node.
For example,
chown root:root <path/to/cni/files>
scored: true
- id: 1.4.11
text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\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:
ps -ef | grep $etcdbin
Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,
chmod 700 /var/lib/etcd
scored: true
- id: 1.4.12
text: "Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd (Scored)"
audit: ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -- --data-dir | sed 's%.*data-dir[= ]\([^ ]*\).*%\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:
ps -ef | grep $etcdbin
Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example,
chown etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd
scored: true
- id: 1.4.13
text: "Ensure that the admin.conf file permissions are set to 644 or
more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; then stat -c %a /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; 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.
For example,
chmod 644 /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.14
text: "Ensure that the admin.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; then stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; 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.
For example,
chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.15
text: "Ensure that the scheduler.conf 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.
For example,
chmod 644 $schedulerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.16
text: "Ensure that the scheduler.conf 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.
For example,
chown root:root $schedulerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.17
text: "Ensure that the controller-manager.conf file permissions are set
to 644 or more restrictive (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $controllermanagerconf; then stat -c %a $controllermanagerconf; 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.
For example,
chmod 644 $controllermanagerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.4.18
text: "Ensure that the controller-manager.conf file ownership is set to root:root (Scored)"
audit: "/bin/sh -c 'if test -e $controllermanagerconf; then stat -c %U:%G $controllermanagerconf; 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.
For example,
chown root:root $controllermanagerconf
scored: true
- id: 1.5
text: "etcd"
checks:
- id: 1.5.1
text: "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.
Then, edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the
master node and set the below parameters.
--ca-file=</path/to/ca-file>
--key-file=</path/to/key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.5.2
text: "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 pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and set the below parameter.
--client-cert-auth="true"
scored: true
- id: 1.5.3
text: "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 pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and either remove the --auto-tls parameter or set it to false.
--auto-tls=false
scored: true
- id: 1.5.4
text: "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: |
Follow the etcd service documentation and configure peer TLS encryption as appropriate
for your etcd cluster. Then, edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the
master node and set the below parameters.
--peer-client-file=</path/to/peer-cert-file>
--peer-key-file=</path/to/peer-key-file>
scored: true
- id: 1.5.5
text: "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: |
Edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and set the below parameter.
--peer-client-cert-auth=true
scored: true
- id: 1.5.6
text: "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: |
Edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and either remove the --peer-auto-tls parameter or set it to false.
--peer-auto-tls=false
scored: true
- id: 1.5.7
text: "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 pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and set the below parameter.
--wal-dir=</path/to/log/dir>
scored: true
- id: 1.5.8
text: "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 pod specification file $etcdconf on the master
node and set the below parameter.
--max-wals=0
scored: true
- id: 1.5.9
text: "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.
Then, edit the etcd pod specification file $etcdconf on the
master node and set the below parameter.
--trusted-ca-file=</path/to/ca-file>
scored: false
- id: 1.6
text: "General Security Primitives"
checks:
- id: 1.6.1
text: "Ensure that the cluster-admin role is only used where required (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Remove any unneeded clusterrolebindings :
kubectl delete clusterrolebinding [name]
scored: false
- id: 1.6.2
text: "Create Pod Security Policies for your cluster (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
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
text: "Create administrative boundaries between resources using namespaces (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow the documentation and create namespaces for objects in your deployment as you
need them.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.4
text: "Create network segmentation using Network Policies (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow the documentation and create NetworkPolicy objects as you need them.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.5
text: "Ensure that the seccomp profile is set to docker/default in your pod
definitions (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
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.
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"
Based on your system, restart the kube-apiserver service. For example:
systemctl restart kube-apiserver.service
Use annotations to enable the docker/default seccomp profile in your pod definitions. An
example is as below:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: trustworthy-pod
annotations:
seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/pod: docker/default
spec:
containers:
- name: trustworthy-container
image: sotrustworthy:latest
scored: false
- id: 1.6.6
text: "Apply Security Context to Your Pods and Containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
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: 1.6.7
text: "Configure Image Provenance using ImagePolicyWebhook admission controller (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup image provenance.
scored: false
- id: 1.6.8
text: "Configure Network policies as appropriate (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow the Kubernetes documentation and setup network policies as appropriate.
For example, you could create a "default" isolation policy for a Namespace by creating a
NetworkPolicy that selects all pods but does not allow any traffic:
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
name: default-deny
spec:
podSelector:
scored: false
- id: 1.6.9
text: "Place compensating controls in the form of PSP and RBAC for
privileged containers usage (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Follow Kubernetes documentation and setup PSP and RBAC authorization for your cluster.
scored: false