GKE Clusters Without VPC-Native Traffic Routing

ID: gcloud-gke-vpc-native-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

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

Description

Ensure that VPC-native traffic routing is enabled for your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters. This feature enhances integration with Google Cloud’s VPC, improving network performance, scalability, and security through the use of alias IP address ranges.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-gke-vpc-native-disabled

info:
  name: GKE Clusters Without VPC-Native Traffic Routing
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that VPC-native traffic routing is enabled for your Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters. This feature enhances integration with Google Cloud's VPC, improving network performance, scalability, and security through the use of alias IP address ranges.
  impact: |
    Without VPC-native traffic routing enabled, clusters lack enhanced network-level anti-spoofing checks, granular firewall controls for pods, and efficient direct access to hosted services. This can lead to reduced network performance and security capabilities.
  remediation: |
    Re-create your GKE clusters with VPC-native traffic routing using:
    gcloud container clusters create CLUSTER_NAME --enable-ip-alias
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/alias-ips
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/GKE/enable-vpc-native-traffic-routing.html
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,gke,kubernetes,security,networking,vpc,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(ipAllocationPolicy.useIpAliases)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "null"

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"GKE cluster " + clusterName + " in " + location + " of project " + projectId + " does not have VPC-native traffic routing 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-vpc-native-disabled.yaml"

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