| name | cis-gke-v170-3.1.1 |
| description | Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Automated) |
| category | cis-gke |
| version | 1.7.0 |
| author | cyberstrike-official |
| tags | ["cis","gke","kubernetes","gcp","worker-nodes","configuration-files","permissions","ownership","kubeconfig","kubelet"] |
| cis_id | 3.1.1 |
| cis_benchmark | CIS Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Benchmark v1.7.0 |
| tech_stack | ["kubernetes","gcp","gke"] |
| cwe_ids | [] |
| chains_with | [] |
| prerequisites | [] |
| severity_boost | {} |
3.1.1 Ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Automated)
Profile Applicability
Description
If kube-proxy is running, and if it is configured by a kubeconfig file, ensure that the proxy kubeconfig file has permissions of 644 or more restrictive.
Rationale
The kube-proxy kubeconfig file controls various parameters of the kube-proxy service on the worker node. You should restrict its file permissions to maintain the integrity of the file. The file should be writable only by the administrators on the system.
Impact
Overly permissive file permissions increase security risk to the platform.
Audit
Using Google Cloud Console
- Go to Kubernetes Engine by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/list
- Click on the desired cluster to open the Details page, then click on the desired Node pool to open the Node pool Details page
- Note the name of the desired node
- Go to VM Instances by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances
- Find the desired node and click on 'SSH' to open an SSH connection to the node.
Using Command Line
Method 1
SSH to the worker nodes.
To check to see if the Kubelet Service is running:
sudo systemctl status kubelet
The output should return Active: active (running) since...
Run the following command on each node to find the appropriate kubeconfig file:
ps -ef | grep kubelet
The output of the above command should return something similar to --kubeconfig /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig which is the location of the kubeconfig file.
Run this command to obtain the kubeconfig file permissions:
stat -c %a /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig
The output of the above command gives you the kubeconfig file's permissions. Verify that if a file is specified and it exists, the permissions are 644 or more restrictive.
Method 2
Create and Run a Privileged Pod.