GKE Clusters Without Private Nodes Enabled

ID: gcloud-gke-private-nodes-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

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

Description

Ensure that your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters are configured to provision all nodes with only internal IP addresses (private nodes). This prevents external clients from accessing the nodes and prevents the nodes from having direct access to the Internet, reducing the attack surface.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-gke-private-nodes-disabled

info:
  name: GKE Clusters Without Private Nodes Enabled
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters are configured to provision all nodes with only internal IP addresses (private nodes). This prevents external clients from accessing the nodes and prevents the nodes from having direct access to the Internet, reducing the attack surface.
  impact: |
    Without private nodes enabled, cluster nodes are assigned public IP addresses, making them potentially accessible from the internet and increasing the risk of unauthorized access or attacks.
  remediation: |
    Enable private nodes for your GKE clusters using:
    gcloud container clusters update CLUSTER_NAME --enable-private-nodes --enable-ip-alias
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/private-clusters
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/GKE/enable-private-nodes.html
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,gke,kubernetes,security,networking,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(networkConfig.defaultEnablePrivateNodes)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '"defaultEnablePrivateNodes": false'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"GKE cluster " + clusterName + " in " + location + " of project " + projectId + " does not have private nodes 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-private-nodes-disabled.yaml"

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