Container runs unmasked

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Id: 0ad60203-c050-4115-83b6-b94bde92541d

Cloud Provider: Kubernetes

Platform: Terraform

Severity: High

Category: Insecure Configurations

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Description

Checks whether a container has unmasked access to the host’s /proc filesystem, which allows retrieval of sensitive information and could permit changing kernel parameters at runtime. The rule verifies that kubernetes_pod_security_policy.spec.allowed_proc_mount_types does not contain the value Unmasked and that allowed_proc_mount_types includes Default as the expected value. Unmasked access to /proc increases the attack surface and can enable privilege escalation or other runtime compromises.

Compliant Code Examples

resource "kubernetes_pod_security_policy" "example" {
  metadata {
    name = "terraform-example"
  }
  spec {
    privileged                 = false
    allow_privilege_escalation = false
    allowed_proc_mount_types   = ["Default"]

    volumes = [
      "configMap",
      "emptyDir",
      "projected",
      "secret",
      "downwardAPI",
      "persistentVolumeClaim",
    ]

    run_as_user {
      rule = "MustRunAsNonRoot"
    }

    se_linux {
      rule = "RunAsAny"
    }

    supplemental_groups {
      rule = "MustRunAs"
      range {
        min = 1
        max = 65535
      }
    }

    fs_group {
      rule = "MustRunAs"
      range {
        min = 1
        max = 65535
      }
    }

    read_only_root_filesystem = true
  }
}

Non-Compliant Code Examples

resource "kubernetes_pod_security_policy" "example" {
  metadata {
    name = "terraform-example"
  }
  spec {
    privileged                 = false
    allow_privilege_escalation = false
    allowed_proc_mount_types   = ["Unmasked"]

    volumes = [
      "configMap",
      "emptyDir",
      "projected",
      "secret",
      "downwardAPI",
      "persistentVolumeClaim",
    ]

    run_as_user {
      rule = "MustRunAsNonRoot"
    }

    se_linux {
      rule = "RunAsAny"
    }

    supplemental_groups {
      rule = "MustRunAs"
      range {
        min = 1
        max = 65535
      }
    }

    fs_group {
      rule = "MustRunAs"
      range {
        min = 1
        max = 65535
      }
    }

    read_only_root_filesystem = true
  }
}