STIGQter: STIG Summary: Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 13 Apr 2021:

The Kubernetes component manifests must be owned by root.

DISA Rule

SV-242444r712688_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-242444

Group Title

SRG-APP-000516-CTR-001325

Rule Version

CNTR-K8-003110

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Change the ownership of the manifest files to root: root by executing the command:

chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/manifests/*

Check Contents

Review the ownership of the Kubernetes manifests files by using the command:

stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/manifests/* | grep -v root:root

If the command returns any non root:root file permissions, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-242444

Documentable

False

Rule Version

CNTR-K8-003110

Severity Override Guidance

Review the ownership of the Kubernetes manifests files by using the command:

stat -c %U:%G /etc/kubernetes/manifests/* | grep -v root:root

If the command returns any non root:root file permissions, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5376

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