Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate (API Server)
Setup TLS connection on the API server. API server communication contains sensitive parameters that should remain encrypted in transit. Configure the API server to serve only HTTPS traffic. If --client-ca-file argument is set, any request presenting a client certificate signed by one of the authorities in the client-ca-file is authenticated with an identity corresponding to the CommonName of the client certificate.
Risk Level: High
Cloud Entity: Pods
CloudGuard Rule ID: D9.K8S.CRY.08
Covered by Spectral: Yes
Category: Compute
GSL LOGIC
KubernetesPod where labels contain [value='kube-apiserver'] and namespace = 'kube-system' should have spec.containers with [parsedArgs contain [key like 'client-ca-file' ]]
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>
References
- https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/kube-apiserver/
- http://rootsquash.com/2016/05/10/securing-the-kubernetes-api/
- https://github.com/kelseyhightower/docker-kubernetes-tls-guide
Pods
Pods are the smallest deployable units of computing that can be created and managed in Kubernetes.A Pod is a group of one or more containers (such as Docker containers), with shared storage/network, and a specification for how to run the containers.
Compliance Frameworks
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.20
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.23
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.24
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.4.0
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.5.1
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.6.1
- Kubernetes NIST.SP.800-190
- Kubernetes v.1.13 CloudGuard Best Practices
- Kubernetes v.1.14 CloudGuard Best Practices
Updated over 1 year ago