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Manage EKS IAM Auth ConfigMap
KSV-0115
Service: kubernetesSeverity: critical
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Ability to add AWS IAM to RBAC bindings via special EKS configmap.
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# METADATA
# title: "Manage EKS IAM Auth ConfigMap"
# description: "Ability to add AWS IAM to RBAC bindings via special EKS configmap."
# scope: package
# schemas:
# - input: schema["kubernetes"]
# related_resources:
# - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/rbac-good-practices/
# custom:
# id: KSV-0115
# long_id: kubernetes-eks-iam-configmap
# aliases:
# - AVD-KSV-0115
# - KSV115
# - eks-iam-configmap
# - kubernetes-eks-iam-configmap
# severity: CRITICAL
# recommended_actions: "Remove write permission verbs for resource 'configmaps' named 'aws-auth'"
# input:
# selector:
# - type: kubernetes
# subtypes:
# - kind: clusterrole
# - kind: role
package builtin.kubernetes.KSV115
import rego.v1
import data.lib.kubernetes
readVerbs := ["create", "update", "patch", "delete", "deletecollection", "impersonate", "*"]
readKinds := ["Role", "ClusterRole"]
readResource := "configmaps"
resourceName := "aws-auth"
manageEKSIAMAuthConfigmap contains input.rules[ru] if {
some ru, r, v
input.kind == readKinds[_]
input.rules[ru].resources[r] == readResource
input.rules[ru].verbs[v] == readVerbs[_]
input.rules[ru].resourceNames[rn] == resourceName
}
deny contains res if {
badRule := manageEKSIAMAuthConfigmap[_]
msg := kubernetes.format(sprintf("%s '%s' should not have access to resource '%s' named '%s' for verbs %s", [kubernetes.kind, kubernetes.name, readResource, resourceName, readVerbs]))
res := result.new(msg, badRule)
}