GKE Node Pools Without Integrity Monitoring

ID: gcloud-gke-integrity-monitoring-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

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

Description

Ensure that Integrity Monitoring is enabled for your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster nodes to monitor and automatically check the runtime boot integrity using Google Cloud Monitoring service. This feature helps verify that the boot loader and other measured components remain untampered.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-gke-integrity-monitoring-disabled

info:
  name: GKE Node Pools Without Integrity Monitoring
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that Integrity Monitoring is enabled for your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) cluster nodes to monitor and automatically check the runtime boot integrity using Google Cloud Monitoring service. This feature helps verify that the boot loader and other measured components remain untampered.
  impact: |
    Without Integrity Monitoring enabled, there is no automated verification of boot integrity for cluster nodes, making it harder to detect potential tampering or compromises of the boot components.
  remediation: |
    Re-create your node pools with Integrity Monitoring enabled using:
    gcloud container node-pools create POOL_NAME --cluster=CLUSTER_NAME --shielded-integrity-monitoring
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/shielded-gke-nodes
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/GKE/enable-integrity-monitoring.html
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,gke,kubernetes,security,monitoring,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)
      for(let nodePool of iterate(template.nodePools)){
        nodePool = JSON.parse(nodePool)
        set("nodePoolName", nodePool.name)
        code(4)
      }
    }
  }

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 node-pools list --cluster $clusterName --location $location --project $projectId --format="json(name)"

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud container node-pools describe $nodePoolName --cluster $clusterName --location $location --project $projectId --format="yaml(config.shieldedInstanceConfig.enableIntegrityMonitoring)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "shieldedInstanceConfig: {}"
          - "null"

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Node pool " + nodePoolName + " in GKE cluster " + clusterName + " (" + location + ") of project " + projectId + " does not have Integrity Monitoring 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-integrity-monitoring-disabled.yaml"

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