TMA-KUBERNETES-1.1.14
Ensure that the default administrative credential file ownership is set to root:root
CriticalLevel 1Automatedkubernetes
Description
Ensure that the admin.conf (and super-admin.conf file, where it exists) file ownership is set to root:root.
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
shell
set -f
ok=1; n=0
for f in /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf /etc/kubernetes/super-admin.conf; do
[ -e "$f" ] || continue; n=$((n+1))
o=$(stat -Lc %U:%G "$f") || exit 1
if [ "$o" != "root:root" ]; then echo "noncompliant: $f $o"; ok=0; fi
done
[ "$n" -gt 0 ] || exit 1
if [ "$ok" -eq 1 ]; then echo compliant; fi- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Shell command
shell
if [ -e /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf ]; then chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf; fi; if [ -e /etc/kubernetes/super-admin.conf ]; then chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/super-admin.conf; fiProperties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- kubernetescontrol-planefile-permissions
- Reference
- CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v2.1.0 - 1.1.14 Ensure that the default administrative credential file ownership is set to root:root
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
shell
tmaegis scan --target kubernetes