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Kube State Metrics Exposure

ID: kube-state-metrics

Severity: low

Author: ja1sh

Tags: misconfig,exposure,kube-state-metrics,k8s,kubernetes

Description

Section titled “Description”

An attacker can detect the public instance of a Kube-State-Metrics metrics. The Kubernetes API server exposes data about the count, health, and availability of pods, nodes, and other Kubernetes objects.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: kube-state-metrics


info:
  name: Kube State Metrics Exposure
  author: ja1sh
  severity: low
  description: |
    An attacker can detect the public instance of a Kube-State-Metrics metrics. The Kubernetes API server exposes data about the count, health, and availability of pods, nodes, and other Kubernetes objects.
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kube-state-metrics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: kubernetes
    product: kube-state-metrics
    shodan-query: title:Kube-state-metrics
  tags: misconfig,exposure,kube-state-metrics,k8s,kubernetes


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/metrics"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - kube-state-metrics
          - go_goroutines
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/misconfiguration/kubernetes/kube-state-metrics.yaml"

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