Containers With Sys Admin Capabilities

• Query id: 235236ee-ad78-4065-bd29-61b061f28ce0
• Query name: Containers With Sys Admin Capabilities
• Platform: Kubernetes
• Severity: High
• Category: Insecure Configurations
• URL: Github

Description

Containers should not have CAP_SYS_ADMIN Linux capability
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: pod4
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
      capabilities:
           add: ["SYS_ADMIN"]
    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"

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"