Containers With Added Capabilities

• Query id: 19ebaa28-fc86-4a58-bcfa-015c9e22fe40
• Query name: Containers With Added Capabilities
• Platform: Kubernetes
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Insecure Configurations
• CWE: 269
• URL: Github

Description

Containers should not have extra capabilities allowed
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: pod2
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
      capabilities:
           add: ["NET_ADMIN", "SYS_TIME"]
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"
  - name: log-aggregator
    image: images.my-company.example/log-aggregator:v6
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: pod3
spec:
  initContainers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
      capabilities:
           add: ["NET_ADMIN", "SYS_TIME"]
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"
  - name: log-aggregator
    image: images.my-company.example/log-aggregator:v6
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: pod1
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

  - name: log-aggregator
    image: images.my-company.example/log-aggregator:v6
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

Negative test num. 2 - yaml file

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: pod4
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
      capabilities:
        drop:
          - ALL
        add:
          - NET_BIND_SERVICE
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"
  - name: log-aggregator
    image: images.my-company.example/log-aggregator:v6
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"