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Seccomp policies disabled
KSV-0104
Service: kubernetesSeverity: medium
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A program inside the container can bypass Seccomp protection policies.
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Specify seccomp either by annotation or by seccomp profile type having allowed values as per pod security standards
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# METADATA
# title: "Seccomp policies disabled"
# description: "A program inside the container can bypass Seccomp protection policies."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-standards/#baseline
# custom:
# id: KSV-0104
# long_id: kubernetes-no-seccomp-unconfined
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0104
# - KSV104
# - no-seccomp-unconfined
# - kubernetes-no-seccomp-unconfined
# severity: MEDIUM
# recommended_action: "Specify seccomp either by annotation or by seccomp profile type having allowed values as per pod security standards"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: pod
# - kind: replicaset
# - kind: replicationcontroller
# - kind: deployment
# - kind: deploymentconfig
# - kind: statefulset
# - kind: daemonset
# - kind: cronjob
# - kind: job
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV104
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
pod_seccomp_profile_path := ["securityContext", "seccompProfile", "type"]
controller_seccomp_profile_path := ["spec", "securityContext", "seccompProfile", "type"]
seccomp_annotation_key_prefix := "container.seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io"
container_seccomp_annotation_key(container_name) := sprintf("%s/%s", [seccomp_annotation_key_prefix, container_name])
container_seccomp_from_annotations(container) := profile if {
annotation_key := container_seccomp_annotation_key(container.name)
profile := kubernetes.annotations[_][annotation_key]
} else := ""
# containers_with_unconfined_seccomp_profile_type returns all containers which have a seccomp
# profile set and is profile set to "Unconfined"
containers_with_unconfined_seccomp_profile_type contains seccomp.container if {
seccomp := container_seccomp[_]
lower(seccomp.type) == "unconfined"
}
# containers_with_unconfined_seccomp_profile_type returns all containers that do not have
# a seccomp profile type specified, since the default is unconfined
# https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/security/seccomp/#enable-the-use-of-runtimedefault-as-the-default-seccomp-profile-for-all-workloads
containers_with_unconfined_seccomp_profile_type contains seccomp.container if {
seccomp := container_seccomp[_]
seccomp.type == ""
}
container_seccomp contains {"container": container, "type": type} if {
kubernetes.is_pod
container := kubernetes.containers[_]
profile := container_seccomp_from_annotations(container)
type := object.get(container, pod_seccomp_profile_path, profile)
}
container_seccomp contains {"container": container, "type": type} if {
not kubernetes.is_pod
pod := kubernetes.pods[_]
container := kubernetes.pod_containers(pod)[_]
profile := container_seccomp_from_annotations(container)
# the profile type specified in the template takes precedence over the annotation
tplSeccompProfile := object.get(pod, controller_seccomp_profile_path, profile)
type := object.get(container, pod_seccomp_profile_path, tplSeccompProfile)
}
deny contains res if {
container := containers_with_unconfined_seccomp_profile_type[_]
msg := kubernetes.format(sprintf("container %q of %s %q in %q namespace should specify a seccomp profile", [container.name, lower(kubernetes.kind), kubernetes.name, kubernetes.namespace]))
res := result.new(msg, container)
}