Details
Verify that the Docker socket file has permissions of 660 or more restrictive.
Rationale:
Only root and members of docker group should be allowed to read and write to default Docker Unix socket. Hence, the Docket socket file must have permissions of 660 or more restrictive.
Solution
chmod 660 /var/run/docker.sock
This would set the file permissions of the Docker socket file to 660.
Impact:
None.
Default Value:
By default, the permissions for Docker socket file is correctly set to 660.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.