C-0168 - Ensure that the certificate authorities file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

Prerequisites

Run Kubescape with host sensor (see here)

Framework

cis-v1.23-t1.0.1

Severity

High

Description of the the issue

The certificate authorities file controls the authorities used to validate API requests. You should restrict its file permissions to maintain the integrity of the file. The file should be writable by only the administrators on the system.

Related resources

What does this control test

Ensure that the certificate authorities file has permissions of 600 or more restrictive.

How to check it manually

Run the following command:

ps -ef | grep kubelet

Find the file specified by the --client-ca-file argument.

Run the following command:

stat -c %a <filename>

Verify that the permissions are 644 or more restrictive.

Remediation

Run the following command to modify the file permissions of the --client-ca-file

chmod 600 <filename>

Impact Statement

None

Default Value

By default no --client-ca-file is specified.

Example

No example