STIGQter: STIG Summary: Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 13 Apr 2021:

The Kubernetes kubelet config must be owned by root.

DISA Rule

SV-242457r712727_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-242457

Group Title

SRG-APP-000516-CTR-001330

Rule Version

CNTR-K8-003240

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the ownership of the kubelet config to "root: root" by executing the command:

chown root:root /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml

Check Contents

Review the Kubernetes Kubeadm kubelet conf file by using the command:

stat -c %U:%G /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml| grep -v root:root

If the command returns any non root:root file permissions, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-242457

Documentable

False

Rule Version

CNTR-K8-003240

Severity Override Guidance

Review the Kubernetes Kubeadm kubelet conf file by using the command:

stat -c %U:%G /var/lib/kubelet/config.yaml| grep -v root:root

If the command returns any non root:root file permissions, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5376

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