Container security and Kubernetes hardening: The complete guide
Container and Kubernetes security: 4C model, image hardening, RBAC, Pod Security Standards, NetworkPolicy, Falco, supply chain (Cosign/SLSA).
Summary: Container escape refers to techniques that allow an attacker to break out of a container into the host or other containers. Common attack vectors include: privileged containers (--privileged), incorrectly mounted host directories, insecure cgroup/namespace configuration, Docker socket mounts, kernel exploits, and Runc CVEs. Protection: unprivileged containers, read-only filesystems, Seccomp/AppArmor profiles, no privileged ports below 1024.
Sources & References
- [1] NIST SP 800-204 Security Strategies for Microservices-based Application Systems - NIST
- [2] CNCF Cloud Native Security Whitepaper - CNCF
- [3] CIS Kubernetes Benchmark - CIS
- [4] OWASP Kubernetes Top 10 - OWASP
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Managing Director of AWARE7 GmbH with many years of expertise in information security, penetration testing and IT risk management. Graduate of the Internet Security master's program at Westfälische Hochschule (if(is), Prof. Norbert Pohlmann). Bestselling author with Wiley-VCH and lecturer at the ASW-Akademie. His assessments of cybersecurity and digital sovereignty have appeared in Welt am Sonntag, WDR, Deutschlandfunk and Handelsblatt, among others.
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