cis-ocp-v180-4.1.3

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If proxy kube proxy configuration file exists ensure permissions are set to 644 or more restrictive (Manual)

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CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Benchmark v1.8.0 - Control 4.1.3

Profile Applicability

Level: 1

Description

If kube-proxy is running, and if it is using a file-based configuration file, ensure that the file has permissions of 644 or more restrictive.

Rationale

The kube-proxy configuration file controls various parameters of the kube-proxy service in the worker node. You should restrict its file permissions to maintain the integrity of the file. The file should be writable by only the administrators on the system.

It is possible to run kube-proxy with the kubeconfig parameters configured as a Kubernetes ConfigMap instead of a file. In this case, there is no proxy kubeconfig file.

Impact

None.

Audit Procedure

In OpenShift 4, the kube-proxy runs within the sdn pods, which copies the kubeconfig from a configmap to the container at /config/kube-proxy-config.yaml, with 644 permissions.

Run the following command:

for i in $(oc get pods -n openshift-sdn -l app=sdn -oname)
do
    oc exec -n openshift-sdn $i -- \
      stat -Lc %a /config/kube-proxy-config.yaml
done

Verify that the kube-proxy-config.yaml file has permissions of 644.

Remediation

None.

Default Value

By default, kube-proxy config file has permissions of 644.

References

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	3.3 Configure Data Access Control Lists	*	*	*
v7	14.6 Protect Information through Access Control Lists	*	*	*

MITRE ATT&CK Mappings

Techniques / Sub-techniques	Tactics	Mitigations
T1083, T1222	TA0005, TA0007	M1022

Profile

Level 1 (Manual)