ephemeralcontainer-read-only-root-filesystem
A writable ephemeral container root filesystem lets an intruder drop tooling, overwrite application binaries, and rewrite configuration in place, leaving a foothold in the running pod that nothing in the image would reveal.
!has(object.spec.ephemeralContainers) || object.spec.ephemeralContainers.all(ec,
has(ec.securityContext) &&
has(ec.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem) &&
ec.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem == true
)
spec.ephemeralContainers[*].securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem must be set to true.
Set readOnlyRootFilesystem to true on every ephemeral container and mount an existing pod volume over any path the debug tooling must write, since a running pod cannot gain new volumes. Field: spec.ephemeralContainers[*].securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem.
apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
kind: ValidatingAdmissionPolicy
metadata:
name: ephemeralcontainer-read-only-root-filesystem
annotations:
kubeapt.io/uuid: "d1b97c40-d989-4e75-b984-dab87225265c"
security.kubeapt.io/displayName: "Runs With a Writable Root Filesystem"
security.kubeapt.io/description: "A writable ephemeral container root filesystem lets an intruder drop tooling, overwrite application binaries, and rewrite configuration in place, leaving a foothold in the running pod that nothing in the image would reveal."
security.kubeapt.io/resource: "EphemeralContainers"
security.kubeapt.io/severity: "Moderate"
security.kubeapt.io/remediation: "Set readOnlyRootFilesystem to true on every ephemeral container and mount an existing pod volume over any path the debug tooling must write, since a running pod cannot gain new volumes. Field: spec.ephemeralContainers[*].securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem."
security.kubeapt.io/product: "Kubernetes"
spec:
failurePolicy: Fail
matchConstraints:
resourceRules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
apiVersions:
- v1
operations:
- CREATE
- UPDATE
resources:
- pods/ephemeralcontainers
validations:
- expression: |
!has(object.spec.ephemeralContainers) || object.spec.ephemeralContainers.all(ec,
has(ec.securityContext) &&
has(ec.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem) &&
ec.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem == true
)
message: |
spec.ephemeralContainers[*].securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem must be set to true.Save it as ephemeralcontainer-read-only-root-filesystem.yaml — the commands below assume that name.
Check a workload against this one policy, before anything is installed on a cluster.
$ kubeapt validate -p ./ephemeralcontainer-read-only-root-filesystem.yaml -r ./workload.yamlOr without the file, from the published policy set — -r takes a directory too:
$ kubeapt policies download && kubeapt validate --policy-name ephemeralcontainer-read-only-root-filesystem -r ./manifestsOr against every namespace in the cluster your kubeconfig points at:
$ kubeapt validate --policy-name ephemeralcontainer-read-only-root-filesystem -A