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

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Description

If the kubelet refers to a configuration file with the --config argument, you should set its file ownership to maintain integrity. 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 AKS.