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title: Understanding the Security Imp
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## Understanding the Security Implications of Kubernetes Networking

unexpected threats model:
1. FirewallHole: Dos attack 繞過防火牆(將udp封包改成VXLAN-->即overlay network)
問題：
> 可以直接從frontend 送packets到database
2. Hit and Spread(RCE):attacker 可利用RCE得到reverse shell on a container and then access sensitive information
問題:
> attacker 可以透過compromised pod用kubectl與API server溝通
> 或是透過compromised pod去mount host file system到其他的pod上面
> 又或是透過API server修改其他container的內容
3. Replace&Propagate: Hacker可以假裝developers可以建立容器，於是部署一些惡意的容器在集群上
問題:
> malicious image controlled by the attacker and able to open a reverse shell  or communicate with a command-and-control server
> 用這個rever shell之後就可以操縱其他pods,secrets,或是攔截網路

* kuberlet contacts the CNI plugin providing  a JavaScript Object Notation config file containing the network specifications that a worker node should use (e.g., the network subnet) with its pods

* security policy會觸發當k8s component queries the CNI for policy and interfaces mapping

pod-to-pod networking:
>如果是在同個worker node上面，pod跟pod間的傳遞就會是以ARP以及DNS的方式進行
>use bridge
>layer2 的」network較常受到man-in-the-middle(中間人攻擊)

pod netns be a pause container:
> pod的network namspace是由pause container先建立起來的
* 如果hacker想要跳離pod network namespace的話，就需要跳離pause container的命名空間

network policy limitations:
> K8s base network policies that do not depend on the particular CNI plugin do not support logs and drop/block options
> 現在CNI沒有做到domain name filtering

Dynamic Nature of K8s Objects:
>需要根據CIDR調整networks ploicy 而不是單一的address

Virtual Network Infra:
> master nodes在k8s盡量不要是單一節點，不然會有single node failure

Distibuted tacing:
>可以幫助知道attack patterns是哪種，但是現在原生k8s沒有支援這種工具，都是需要靠外部工具來協助


### No Audit of the Level of Security of Policies

> authentica- tion and authorization such as role-based access control (RBAC) and service accounts, secrets management, net- work policies, pod security policies, general policies han- dling the use of namespaces, and security options

>k8s沒有這類權限評估工具，在deploy前分析權限並給cluster外部使用


#### Mapping Attacks and Defenses

>ATT&CK framework that has been widely adopted to study and secure K8s deployments



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