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Manage namespace secrets
KSV-0113
Service: kubernetesSeverity: medium
OfficialBuilt-inVerified
Viewing secrets at the namespace scope can lead to escalation if another service account in that namespace has a higher privileged rolebinding or clusterrolebinding bound.
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# METADATA
# title: "Manage namespace secrets"
# description: "Viewing secrets at the namespace scope can lead to escalation if another service account in that namespace has a higher privileged rolebinding or clusterrolebinding bound."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/rbac-good-practices/
# custom:
# id: KSV-0113
# long_id: kubernetes-no-manage-ns-secrets
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0113
# - KSV113
# - no-manage-ns-secrets
# - kubernetes-no-manage-ns-secrets
# severity: MEDIUM
# recommended_actions: "Manage namespace secrets are not allowed. Remove resource 'secrets' from role"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: role
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV113
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
readVerbs := ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete", "deletecollection", "impersonate", "*"]
readKinds := ["Role"]
resourceManageSecret contains input.rules[ru] if {
some ru, r, v
input.kind == readKinds[_]
input.rules[ru].resources[r] == "secrets"
input.rules[ru].verbs[v] == readVerbs[_]
}
deny contains res if {
badRule := resourceManageSecret[_]
msg := kubernetes.format(sprintf("%s '%s' shouldn't have access to manage secrets in namespace '%s'", [kubernetes.kind, kubernetes.name, kubernetes.namespace]))
res := result.new(msg, badRule)
}