cis-k8s-v1110-1.2.21

DevOps & Security

Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Automated)

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1.2.21 Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Automated)

Profile Applicability

Level 1 - Master Node

Description

Validate service account before validating token.

Rationale

If --service-account-lookup is not enabled, the apiserver only verifies that the authentication token is valid, and does not validate that the service account token mentioned in the request is actually present in etcd. This allows using a service account token even after the corresponding service account is deleted. This is an example of time of check to time of use security issue.

Impact

None

Audit

Run the following command on the Control Plane node:

ps -ef | grep kube-apiserver

Verify that if the --service-account-lookup argument exists it is set to true.

Remediation

Edit the API server pod specification file /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml on the Control Plane node and set the below parameter.

--service-account-lookup=true

Alternatively, you can delete the --service-account-lookup parameter from this file so that the default takes effect.

Default Value

By default, --service-account-lookup argument is set to true.

References

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	3.3 Configure Data Access Control Lists	*	*	*
v7	16 Account Monitoring and Control