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Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set
KCV-0002
Service: kubernetesSeverity: low
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Do not use token based authentication.
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Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. Then, edit the API server pod specification file /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml on the master node and remove the --token-auth-file=<filename> parameter.
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# METADATA
# title: "Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set"
# description: "Do not use token based authentication."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/kubernetes
# custom:
# id: KCV-0002
# long_id: kubernetes-ensure-token-auth-file-parameter-is-not-set
# aliases:
# - AVD-KCV-0002
# - KCV0002
# - ensure-token-auth-file-parameter-is-not-set
# - kubernetes-ensure-token-auth-file-parameter-is-not-set
# severity: LOW
# recommended_action: "Follow the documentation and configure alternate mechanisms for authentication. Then, edit the API server pod specification file /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml on the master node and remove the --token-auth-file=<filename> parameter."
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
package builtin.kubernetes.KCV0002
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
check_flag(container) if {
some i
regex.match("--token-auth-file", container.command[i])
}
check_flag(container) if {
some i
regex.match("--token-auth-file", container.args[i])
}
deny contains res if {
container := kubernetes.containers[_]
kubernetes.is_apiserver(container)
check_flag(container)
msg := "Ensure that the --token-auth-file parameter is not set"
res := result.new(msg, container)
}