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Id: 611ab018-c4aa-4ba2-b0f6-a448337509a6

Cloud Provider: k8s

Framework: Kubernetes

Severity: Medium

Category: Insecure Configurations

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Description

Namespaces such as default, kube-system, or kube-public should not be used.

Compliant Code Examples

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: frontend
  namespace: cosmicPod
spec:
  securityContext:
    runAsUser: 1000
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

  - name: log-aggregator
    image: images.my-company.example/log-aggregator:v6
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  name: mongo.db.collection.com

Non-Compliant Code Examples

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: frontend2
spec:
  containers:
  - name: app
    image: images.my-company.example/app:v4
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

  - name: log-aggregator
    image: images.my-company.example/log-aggregator:v6
    securityContext:
      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
    resources:
      requests:
        memory: "64Mi"
        cpu: "250m"
      limits:
        memory: "128Mi"
        cpu: "500m"

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: mongo.db.collection.com
  namespace: kube-public

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: mongo.db.collection.com
  namespace: kube-system