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Manage all resources at the namespace
KSV-0112
Service: kubernetesSeverity: critical
OfficialBuilt-inVerified
Full control of the resources within a namespace. In some cluster configurations, this is excessive. In others, this is normal (a gitops deployment operator like flux)
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# METADATA
# title: "Manage all resources at the namespace"
# description: "Full control of the resources within a namespace. In some cluster configurations, this is excessive. In others, this is normal (a gitops deployment operator like flux)"
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/rbac-good-practices/
# custom:
# id: KSV-0112
# long_id: kubernetes-no-wildcard-resource-role
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0112
# - KSV112
# - no-wildcard-resource-role
# - kubernetes-no-wildcard-resource-role
# severity: CRITICAL
# recommended_actions: "Remove '*' from 'rules.resources'. Provide specific list of resources to be managed by role in namespace"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: role
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV112
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
readVerbs := ["create", "update", "delete", "deletecollection", "impersonate", "*", "list", "get"]
readKinds := ["Role"]
managingAllResourcesAtNamespace contains input.rules[ru] if {
some ru, r, v
input.kind == readKinds[_]
input.rules[ru].resources[r] == "*"
input.rules[ru].verbs[v] == readVerbs[_]
}
deny contains res if {
badRule := managingAllResourcesAtNamespace[_]
msg := kubernetes.format(sprintf("%s '%s' shouldn't manage all resources at the namespace '%s'", [kubernetes.kind, kubernetes.name, kubernetes.namespace]))
res := result.new(msg, badRule)
}