cis-ocp-v160-1-2-9

name	cis-ocp-v160-1.2.9
description	Ensure that the APIPriorityAndFairness feature gate is enabled (Manual)
category	cis-openshift
version	1.6.0
author	cyberstrike-official
tags	["cis","openshift","kubernetes","redhat","control-plane","api-server","api-priority-fairness"]
cis_id	1.2.9
cis_benchmark	CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Benchmark v1.6.0
tech_stack	["kubernetes","openshift","redhat"]
cwe_ids	[]
chains_with	[]
prerequisites	[]
severity_boost	{}

CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Benchmark v1.6.0 - Control 1.2.9

Profile Applicability

• Level: 1

Description

Limit the rate at which the API server accepts requests.

Rationale

A misbehaving workload could overwhelm and DoS the API Server, making it unavailable. This particularly applies to a multi-tenant cluster, where there might be a small percentage of misbehaving tenants which could have a significant impact on the performance of the cluster overall. Hence, it is recommended to limit the rate of events that the API server will accept.

Impact

None, as the OpenShift kubelet has been fixed to send fewer requests.

Audit Procedure

OpenShift 4.5 and forward uses the api priority and fairness feature to limit the rate at which the API server accepts requests.

Run the following command:

#Verify the APIPriorityAndFairness feature-gate
oc get kubeapiservers.operator.openshift.io cluster -o json | jq '.spec.observedConfig.apiServerArguments'

For 4.5, verify that the feature-gate is turned on for the APIServer priority and fairness: APIPriorityAndFairness=true. In OCP 4.5 and earlier, the default set of admission plugins are compiled into the apiserver and are not visible in the configuration yaml.

Remediation

No remediation is required.

Default Value

By default, the OpenShift kubelet has been fixed to send fewer requests. Version 4.6+ it is enabled by default.

References

1. https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.13/operators/operator-reference.html

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	12.6 Use of Secure Network Management and Communication Protocols		x	x
v7	8.3 Enable Operating System Anti-Exploitation Features/Deploy Anti-Exploit Technologies		x	x

MITRE ATT&CK Mappings

Techniques / Sub-techniques	Tactics	Mitigations