Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
TMA-GKE-4.4.1
Prefer using secrets as files over secrets as environment variables
Description
GKE workloads should avoid consuming secrets as environment variables. Prefer accessing secrets directly from Secret Manager by using Workload Identity Federation for GKE and client libraries, or mount secrets as files by using the Secret Manager add-on when file based access is required. Requires kubectl with cluster-wide read access (KUBECONFIG); system namespaces are excluded and listed resources must be remediated or documented as exceptions. Reports containers using env valueFrom.secretKeyRef or envFrom.secretRef.
Méthode de vérification
Méthode d'audit: Commande shell
out=$(kubectl get pods -A -o go-template='{{range .items}}{{$ns:=.metadata.namespace}}{{$p:=.metadata.name}}{{range .spec.containers}}{{$c:=.name}}{{range .env}}{{if .valueFrom}}{{if .valueFrom.secretKeyRef}}{{$ns}} {{$p}} {{$c}} env{{"\n"}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{range .envFrom}}{{if .secretRef}}{{$ns}} {{$p}} {{$c}} envFrom{{"\n"}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{range .spec.initContainers}}{{$c:=.name}}{{range .env}}{{if .valueFrom}}{{if .valueFrom.secretKeyRef}}{{$ns}} {{$p}} {{$c}} env{{"\n"}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{range .envFrom}}{{if .secretRef}}{{$ns}} {{$p}} {{$c}} envFrom{{"\n"}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}') || exit 1
bad=$(printf '%s\n' "$out" | awk -v ex='^(kube-system|kube-public|kube-node-lease|gmp-system|gmp-public|gke-[a-z0-9-]+)$' 'NF && $1 !~ ex && (1)')
if [ -z "$bad" ]; then echo compliant; else printf '%s\n' "$bad" | head -n 25; fi- Sortie attendue
compliant
Méthode de correction
Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure
Update workloads to avoid passing secrets through environment variables. Prefer direct Secret Manager API access through Workload Identity Federation for GKE and Google Cloud client libraries. This keeps sensitive data outside cluster storage, avoids long lived service account keys, and uses IAM rather than in cluster RBAC for Secret Manager access. • Modify application code to read secrets from Secret Manager API where possible. • Use a dedicated Kubernetes ServiceAccount for each workload identity that needs Secret Manager access. • Grant only the required Secret Manager IAM permissions to that workload identity. • When code cannot call the API directly, use the Secret Manager add-on to mount secrets as files in the Pod file system. • Remove secretKeyRef and secretRef environment variable usage from workload manifests after the new access pattern is validated.
Propriétés
- Systèmes d'exploitation
- Tous
- Étiquettes
- gkepoliciessecrets
- Référence
- CIS Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Benchmark v2.0.0 - 4.4.1 Prefer using secrets as files over secrets as environment variables
Vérifier cet hôte
Exécutez cette commande sur une machine que vous êtes autorisé à auditer. L'analyse est en lecture seule.
tmaegis scan --target gke --level 2