cis-aks-v180-3-2-2

name	cis-aks-v180-3.2.2
description	Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Automated)
category	cis-aks
version	1.8.0
author	cyberstrike-official
tags	["cis","aks","kubernetes","azure","kubelet","authorization","authorization-mode"]
cis_id	3.2.2
cis_benchmark	CIS Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Benchmark v1.8.0
tech_stack	["kubernetes","azure","aks"]
cwe_ids	[]
chains_with	[]
prerequisites	[]
severity_boost	{}

3.2.2 Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow (Automated)

Profile Applicability

• Level 1

Description

Do not allow all requests. Enable explicit authorization.

Rationale

Kubelets, by default, allow all authenticated requests (even anonymous ones) without needing explicit authorization checks from the apiserver. You should restrict this behavior and only allow explicitly authorized requests.

Impact

Unauthorized requests will be denied.

Audit Procedure

Audit Method 1:

If using a Kubelet configuration file, check that there is an entry for "authentication": "webhook": "enabled" set to true.

First, SSH to the relevant node:

Run the following command on each node to find the appropriate Kubelet config file:

ps -ef | grep kubelet

The output of the above command should return something similar to --config /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json which is the location of the Kubelet config file.

Open the Kubelet config file:

sudo more /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json

Verify that the "authentication": {"webhook": { "enabled": is set to true.

If the "authentication": {"mode": { argument is present check that it is not set to AlwaysAllow. If it is not present check that there is a Kubelet config file specified by --config, and that file sets "authentication": {"mode": { to something other than AlwaysAllow.

Audit Method 2:

If using the api configz endpoint consider searching for the status of authentication... "webhook":{"enabled":true} by extracting the live configuration from the nodes running kubelet.

Set the local proxy port and the following variables and provide proxy port number and node name; HOSTNAME_PORT="localhost-and-port-number" NODE_NAME="The-Name-Of-Node-To-Extract-Configuration" from the output of kubectl get nodes

kubectl proxy --port=8001 &

export HOSTNAME_PORT=localhost:8001 (example host and port number)
export NODE_NAME=ip-192.168.31.226.aks.internal (example node name from )

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