An EKS Cluster's kubelet configuration file ownership should be assigned to root

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Description

Ensure that if the kubelet refers to a configuration file with the --config argument. You should set its file ownership to maintain integrity and the file should be owned by root:root.

Remediation

Run the following command to fix the kubelet configuration file’s permissions:

chown root:root /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json

Note: The path above is the default location in EKS.