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Manage webhookconfigurations
KSV-0114
Service: kubernetesSeverity: critical
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Webhooks can silently intercept or actively mutate/block resources as they are being created or updated. This includes secrets and pod specs.
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# METADATA
# title: "Manage webhookconfigurations"
# description: "Webhooks can silently intercept or actively mutate/block resources as they are being created or updated. This includes secrets and pod specs."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/rbac-good-practices/
# custom:
# id: KSV-0114
# long_id: kubernetes-no-manage-webhook
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0114
# - KSV114
# - no-manage-webhook
# - kubernetes-no-manage-webhook
# severity: CRITICAL
# recommended_actions: "Remove webhook configuration resources/verbs, acceptable values for verbs ['get', 'list', 'watch']"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: clusterrole
# - kind: role
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV114
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
readVerbs := ["create", "update", "patch", "delete", "deletecollection", "impersonate", "*"]
readKinds := ["Role", "ClusterRole"]
readResource := ["mutatingwebhookconfigurations", "validatingwebhookconfigurations"]
manageWebhookConfig contains input.rules[ru] if {
some ru, r, v
input.kind == readKinds[_]
input.rules[ru].resources[r] == readResource[_]
input.rules[ru].verbs[v] == readVerbs[_]
}
deny contains res if {
badRule := manageWebhookConfig[_]
msg := kubernetes.format(sprintf("%s '%s' should not have access to resources %s for verbs %s", [kubernetes.kind, kubernetes.name, readResource, readVerbs]))
res := result.new(msg, badRule)
}