Kubelet configuration file ownership should be assigned to root

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Description

Ensure that the file ownership of the kubelet’s kubeconfig file is set to root:root. You should set its file ownership to maintain integrity.

Remediation

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

chown root:root /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig

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