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Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers
KCV-0092
Service: kubernetesSeverity: critical
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Ensure that the Kubelet is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers.
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# METADATA
# title: "Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers"
# description: "Ensure that the Kubelet is configured to only use strong cryptographic ciphers."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/kubernetes
# custom:
# id: KCV-0092
# long_id: kubernetes-ensure-Kubelet-only-makes-use-strong-cryptographic-ciphers
# aliases:
# - AVD-KCV-0092
# - KCV0092
# - ensure-Kubelet-only-makes-use-strong-cryptographic-ciphers
# - kubernetes-ensure-Kubelet-only-makes-use-strong-cryptographic-ciphers
# severity: CRITICAL
# recommended_action: "If using a Kubelet config file, edit the file to set TLSCipherSuites"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: nodeinfo
package builtin.kubernetes.KCV0092
import rego.v1
types := ["master", "worker"]
strong_cryptographic := [
"TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
"TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305",
"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
"TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_CHACHA20_POLY1305",
"TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
"TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384",
"TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
]
validate_kubelet_only_use_strong_cryptographic(sp) := {"kubeletOnlyUseStrongCryptographic": only_use_strong_cryptographic} if {
sp.kind == "NodeInfo"
sp.type == types[_]
only_use_strong_cryptographic := sp.info.kubeletOnlyUseStrongCryptographic.values[_]
not only_use_strong_cryptographic in strong_cryptographic
}
validate_kubelet_only_use_strong_cryptographic(sp) := {"kubeletOnlyUseStrongCryptographic": only_use_strong_cryptographic} if {
sp.kind == "NodeInfo"
sp.type == types[_]
count(sp.info.kubeletOnlyUseStrongCryptographic.values) == 0
only_use_strong_cryptographic = {}
}
deny contains res if {
output := validate_kubelet_only_use_strong_cryptographic(input)
msg := "Ensure that the Kubelet only makes use of Strong Cryptographic Ciphers"
res := result.new(msg, output)
}