cis-aks-v170-4.4.2
DevOps & SecurityEnsure all Namespaces have Network Policies defined (Automated)
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4.4.2 Ensure that all Namespaces have Network Policies defined (Automated)
Profile Applicability
- Level 2
Description
Use network policies to isolate traffic in your cluster network.
Rationale
Running different applications on the same Kubernetes cluster creates a risk of one compromised application attacking a neighboring application. Network segmentation is important to ensure that containers can communicate only with those they are supposed to. A network policy is a specification of how selections of pods are allowed to communicate with each other and other network endpoints.
Once there is any Network Policy in a namespace selecting a particular pod, that pod will reject any connections that are not allowed by any Network Policy. Other pods in the namespace that are not selected by any Network Policy will continue to accept all traffic.
Impact
Once there is any Network Policy in a namespace selecting a particular pod, that pod will reject any connections that are not allowed by any Network Policy. Other pods in the namespace that are not selected by any Network Policy will continue to accept all traffic.
Audit
Run the below command and review the NetworkPolicy objects created in the cluster.
kubectl get networkpolicy --all-namespaces
Ensure that each namespace defined in the cluster has at least one Network Policy.
Remediation
Follow the documentation and create NetworkPolicy objects as you need them.
Default Value
By default, network policies are not created.
References
- https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/networkpolicies/
- https://octetz.com/posts/k8s-network-policy-apis
- https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/declare-network-policy/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/security/benchmark/azure/security-controls-v2-network-security#ns-1-implement-security-for-internal-traffic
CIS Controls
| Controls Version | Control | IG 1 | IG 2 | IG 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v8 | 3.12 Segment Data Processing and Storage Based on Sensitivity | x | x | |
| v8 | 13.4 Perform Traffic Filtering Between Network Segments | x | x | |
| v7 | 14.1 Segment the Network Based on Sensitivity | x | x | |
| v7 | 14.2 Enable Firewall Filtering Between VLANs | x | x |