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Configure the "hostPID" flag to organizational standards.


CONTROL ID
14648
CONTROL TYPE
Configuration
CLASSIFICATION
Preventive

SUPPORTING AND SUPPORTED CONTROLS



This Control directly supports the implied Control(s):
  • Configure "Kubernetes" to organizational standards., CC ID: 14528

There are no implementation support Controls.


SELECTED AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS COMPLIED WITH



  • Minimize the admission of containers wishing to share the host process ID namespace Description: Do not generally permit containers to be run with the `hostPID` flag set to true. Rationale: A container running in the host's PID namespace can inspect processes running outside the container. If the co… (5.2.2, The Center for Internet Security Kubernetes Level 1 Master Node Benchmark, v 1.6.0)
  • Minimize the admission of containers wishing to share the host process ID namespace Description: Do not generally permit containers to be run with the `hostPID` flag set to true. Rationale: A container running in the host's PID namespace can inspect processes running outside the container. If the co… (5.2.2, The Center for Internet Security Kubernetes Level 2 Master Node Benchmark, v 1.6.0)