cis-gke-autopilot-v120-5.4.5

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Ensure use of Google-managed SSL Certificates (Automated)

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5.4.5 Ensure use of Google-managed SSL Certificates (Automated)

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Level 2

Description

Encrypt traffic to HTTPS load balancers using Google-managed SSL certificates.

Rationale

Encrypting traffic between users and the Kubernetes workload is fundamental to protecting data sent over the web.

Google-managed SSL Certificates are provisioned, renewed, and managed for domain names. This is only available for HTTPS load balancers created using Ingress Resources, and not TCP/UDP load balancers created using Service of type:LoadBalancer.

Impact

Google-managed SSL Certificates are less flexible than certificates that are self obtained and managed. Managed certificates support a single, non-wildcard domain. Self-managed certificates can support wildcards and multiple subject alternative names (SANs).

Audit

Using Command Line: Identify if there are any workloads exposed publicly using Services of type:LoadBalancer:

kubectl get svc -A -o json | jq '.items[] | select(.spec.type=="LoadBalancer")'

Consider using ingresses instead of these services in order to use Google managed SSL certificates.

For the ingresses within the cluster, run the following command:

kubectl get ingress -A -o json | jq .items[] | jq '{name: .metadata.name, annotations: .metadata.annotations, namespace: .metadata.namespace, status: .status}'

The above command should return the name of the ingress, namespace, annotations and status. Check that the following annotation is present to ensure managed certificates are referenced.

"annotations": {
    ...
    "networking.gke.io/managed-certificates": "<example_certificate>"
},

For completeness, run the following command to ensure that the managed certificate resource exists:

kubectl get managedcertificates -A

The above command returns a list of managed certificates for which <example_certificate> should exist within the same namespace as the ingress.

Remediation

If services of type:LoadBalancer are discovered, consider replacing the Service with an Ingress.

To configure the Ingress and use Google-managed SSL certificates, follow the instructions as listed at: https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/managed-certs.

Default Value

By default, Google-managed SSL Certificates are not created when an Ingress resource is defined.

References

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	3.10 Encrypt Sensitive Data in Transit		x	x
v7	14.4 Encrypt All Sensitive Information in Transit		x	x