V-242405—The Kubernetes manifests must be owned by root.
CAT II - Medium
CNTR-K8-000860
>Control Description
The manifest files contain the runtime configuration of the API server, proxy, scheduler, controller, and etcd. If an attacker can gain access to these files, changes can be made to open vulnerabilities and bypass user authorizations inherit within Kubernetes with RBAC implemented.
>Check Content
On the Control Plane, change to the /etc/kubernetes/manifest directory.
$ls -l * Each manifest file must be owned by root:root.If any manifest file is not owned by root:root, this is a finding.
>Remediation
On the Control Plane, change to the /etc/kubernetes/manifest directory.
$chown root:root * To verify the change took place,$ls -l * All the manifest files should be owned by root:root.>CCI References
Control Correlation Identifiers (CCIs) map STIG findings to NIST 800-53 controls.
>Cross-Framework Mappings
NIST SP 800-53 r5
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