GKE Clusters Without Binary Authorization Enabled

ID: gcloud-gke-binary-authorization-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,gke,kubernetes,security,container,authorization,gcp-cloud-config

Description

Ensure that Binary Authorization is enabled for your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters to enforce container image security policies. Binary Authorization enhances security by ensuring only trusted container images can be deployed, reducing the risk of deploying vulnerable or unauthorized software.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-gke-binary-authorization-disabled

info:
  name: GKE Clusters Without Binary Authorization Enabled
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that Binary Authorization is enabled for your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters to enforce container image security policies. Binary Authorization enhances security by ensuring only trusted container images can be deployed, reducing the risk of deploying vulnerable or unauthorized software.
  impact: |
    Without Binary Authorization enabled, there is no policy enforcement to prevent the deployment of untrusted or unauthorized container images, increasing the risk of deploying vulnerable or malicious software.
  remediation: |
    Enable Binary Authorization for your GKE clusters using:
    gcloud container clusters update CLUSTER_NAME --zone=ZONE --binauthz-evaluation-mode=project-singleton-policy-enforce
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/binary-authorization/docs/overview
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/GKE/enable-binary-authorization.html
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,gke,kubernetes,security,container,authorization,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let cluster of iterate(template.clusters)){
      cluster = JSON.parse(cluster)
      set("clusterName", cluster.name)
      set("location", cluster.location)
      code(3)
    }
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud projects list --format="json(projectId)"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: projectIds
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[].projectId'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud container clusters list --project $projectId --format="json(name,location)"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: clusters
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[]'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud container clusters describe $clusterName --location $location --project $projectId --format="json(binaryAuthorization.evaluationMode)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '"evaluationMode": "DISABLED"'
          - "null"
        condition: or

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"GKE cluster " + clusterName + " in " + location + " of project " + projectId + " does not have Binary Authorization enabled"'
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/gcp/gke/gcloud-gke-binary-authorization-disabled.yaml"

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