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kube-bench/cfg/1.11/master.yaml

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---
controls:
version: 1.11
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 plugin AlwaysAdmit is not set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: nothave
value: AlwaysAdmit
set: true
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that does not include AlwaysAdmit.
scored: true
- id: 1.1.11
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysPullImages is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "AlwaysPullImages"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins to
include AlwaysPullImages.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,AlwaysPullImages,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.12
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin DenyEscalatingExec is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "DenyEscalatingExec"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes DenyEscalatingExec.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,DenyEscalatingExec,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.13
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin SecurityContextDeny is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "SecurityContextDeny"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --enable-admission-plugins parameter to
include SecurityContextDeny.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,SecurityContextDeny,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.14
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin NamespaceLifecycle is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--disable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: nothave
value: "NamespaceLifecycle"
set: true
- flag: "--disable-admission-plugins"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the --disable-admission-plugins parameter to
ensure it does not include NamespaceLifecycle.
--disable-admission-plugins=...,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 plugin PodSecurityPolicy is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
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 --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes PodSecurityPolicy :
--enable-admission-plugins=...,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 plugin ServiceAccount is set(Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
compare:
op: has
value: "ServiceAccount"
set: true
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
set: false
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 --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes ServiceAccount.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,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 API Server only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--tls-cipher-suites"
compare:
op: has
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"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file $apiserverconf
on the master node and set the below parameter.
--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
scored: false
- id: 1.1.31
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: 1.1.32
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: 1.1.33
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin NodeRestriction is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
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 --enable-admission-plugins parameter to a
value that includes NodeRestriction.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,NodeRestriction,...
scored: true
- id: 1.1.34
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: 1.1.35
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: 1.1.36
text: "Ensure that the admission control plugin EventRateLimit is set (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--enable-admission-plugins"
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.
--enable-admission-plugins=...,EventRateLimit,...
--admission-control-config-file=<path/to/configuration/file>
scored: true
- id: 1.1.37a
text: "Ensure that the AdvancedAuditing argument is not set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--feature-gates"
compare:
op: nothave
value: "AdvancedAuditing=false"
set: true
- flag: "--feature-gates"
set: false
remediation: |
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: 1.1.37b
text: "Ensure that the AdvancedAuditing argument is not set to false (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--audit-policy-file"
compare:
op: eq
value: "/etc/kubernetes/audit-policy.yaml"
set: true
remediation: |
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: 1.1.38
text: "Ensure that the --request-timeout argument is set as appropriate (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--request-timeout"
set: false
- flag: "--request-timeout"
set: true
remediation: |
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: 1.1.39
text: "Ensure that the API Server only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers ( Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $apiserverbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--tls-cipher-suites"
compare:
op: eq
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"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the API server pod specification file /etc/kubernetes/manifests
kube-apiserver.yaml on the master node and set the below parameter.
--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
scored: false
- 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: |
Edit the Scheduler pod specification file $schedulerconf
file on the master node and set the below parameter.
--profiling=false
scored: true
- id: 1.2.2
text: "Ensure that the --address argument is set to 127.0.0.1 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $schedulerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--address"
compare:
op: eq
value: "127.0.0.1"
set: true
- flag: "--address"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the Scheduler pod specification file $schedulerconf
file on the master node and ensure the correct value for the
--address parameter.
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 $controllermanagerconf
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 to true (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 $controllermanagerconf
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 $controllermanagerconf
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 $controllermanagerconf
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: "Ensure that the RotateKubeletServerCertificate argument is set to true (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--feature-gates"
compare:
op: eq
value: "RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true"
set: true
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
controller-manager.yaml on the master node and set the --feature-gates parameter to
include RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true.
--feature-gates=RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true
scored: true
- id: 1.3.7
text: "Ensure that the --address argument is set to 127.0.0.1 (Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $controllermanagerbin | grep -v grep"
tests:
bin_op: or
test_items:
- flag: "--address"
compare:
op: eq
value: "127.0.0.1"
set: true
- flag: "--address"
set: false
remediation: |
Edit the Controller Manager pod specification file $controllermanagerconf
controller-manager.yaml on the master node and ensure the correct value
for the --address parameter.
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 /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf; then stat -c %a /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.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/scheduler.conf
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 /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.conf; then stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/scheduler.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/scheduler.conf
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 /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf; then stat -c %a /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.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/controller-manager.conf
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 /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.conf; then stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/controller-manager.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/controller-manager.conf
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: noteq
value: false
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: eq
value: false
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:
bin_op: and
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 a unique Certificate Authority is used for etcd (Not Scored)"
audit: "ps -ef | grep $etcdbin | grep -v grep"
type: "manual"
tests:
test_items:
- flag: "--trusted-ca-file"
set: true
remediation: |
[Manual test]
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 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: 1.6.3
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: 1.6.4
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: 1.6.5
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: 1.6.6
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: 1.6.7
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: 1.6.8
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
- id: 1.7
text: "PodSecurityPolicies"
checks:
- id: 1.7.1
text: "Do not admit privileged containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.privileged field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.2
text: "Do not admit containers wishing to share the host process ID namespace (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.hostPID field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.3
text: "Do not admit containers wishing to share the host IPC namespace (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.hostIPC field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.4
text: "Do not admit containers wishing to share the host network namespace (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.hostNetwork field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.5
text: "Do not admit containers with allowPrivilegeEscalation (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.allowPrivilegeEscalation field is omitted or set to false.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.6
text: "Do not admit root containers (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.runAsUser.rule is set to either MustRunAsNonRoot or MustRunAs with the range of UIDs not including 0.
scored: false
- id: 1.7.7
text: "Do not admit containers with dangerous capabilities (Not Scored)"
type: "manual"
remediation: |
[Manual test]
Create a PSP as described in the Kubernetes documentation, ensuring that the .spec.requiredDropCapabilities is set to include either NET_RAW or ALL.
scored: false