Title

Kubernetes Kubelet must not disable timeouts. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Idle connections from the Kubelet can be used by unauthorized users to perform malicious activity to the nodes, pods, containers, and cluster within the Kubernetes Control Plane. Setting the streamingConnectionIdleTimeout defines the maximum time an idle session is permitted prior to disconnect. Setting the value to "0" never disconnects any idle sessions. Idle timeouts must never be set to "0" and should be defined at "5m" (the default is 4hr).

Check Content

On the Control Plane, run the command: ps -ef | grep kubelet If the "--streaming-connection-idle-timeout" option exists, this is a finding. Note the path to the config file (identified by --config). Run the command: grep -i streamingConnectionIdleTimeout <path_to_config_file> If the setting "streamingConnectionIdleTimeout" is set to less than "5m" or is not configured, this is a finding.

Fix Text

On the Control Plane, run the command: ps -ef | grep kubelet Remove the "--streaming-connection-idle-timeout" option if present. Note the path to the config file (identified by --config). Edit the Kubernetes Kubelet file in the --config directory on the Kubernetes Control Plane: Set the argument "streamingConnectionIdleTimeout" to a value of "5m". Reset the kubelet service using the following command: service kubelet restart

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-245541r961068_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-245541

Group Title: SRG-APP-000190-CTR-000500

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