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Delete pod logs
KSV-0042
Service: kubernetesSeverity: medium
OfficialBuilt-inVerified
Used to cover attacker’s tracks, but most clusters ship logs quickly off-cluster.
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Remove verbs 'delete' and 'deletecollection' for resource 'pods/log' for Role and ClusterRole
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# METADATA
# title: "Delete pod logs"
# description: "Used to cover attacker’s tracks, but most clusters ship logs quickly off-cluster."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/rbac-good-practices/
# custom:
# id: KSV-0042
# long_id: kubernetes-no-delete-pod-logs
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0042
# - KSV042
# - no-delete-pod-logs
# - kubernetes-no-delete-pod-logs
# severity: MEDIUM
# recommended_action: "Remove verbs 'delete' and 'deletecollection' for resource 'pods/log' for Role and ClusterRole"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: clusterrole
# - kind: role
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV042
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
readVerbs := ["delete", "deletecollection", "*"]
readKinds := ["Role", "ClusterRole"]
deletePodsLogRestricted contains input.rules[ru] if {
some ru, r, v
input.kind == readKinds[_]
input.rules[ru].resources[r] == "pods/log"
input.rules[ru].verbs[v] == readVerbs[_]
}
deny contains res if {
badRule := deletePodsLogRestricted[_]
msg := kubernetes.format(sprintf("%s '%s' should not have access to resource 'pods/log' for verbs %s", [kubernetes.kind, kubernetes.name, readVerbs]))
res := result.new(msg, badRule)
}