V-242447

Discussion

The Kubernetes Kube Proxy kubeconfig contain the argument and setting for the Control Planes. These settings contain network rules for restricting network communication between pods, clusters, and networks. If these files can be changed, data traversing between the Kubernetes Control Panel components would be compromised. Many of the security settings within the document are implemented through this file.

Check Content

Check if Kube-Proxy is running and obtain --kubeconfig parameter use the following command:
ps -ef | grep kube-proxy

If Kube-Proxy exists:
Review the permissions of the Kubernetes Kube Proxy by using the command:
stat -c %a <location from --kubeconfig>

If the file has permissions more permissive than "644", this is a finding.