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Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysAdmit is not set

Details

Do not allow all requests.

Rationale:

Setting admission control plugin ‘AlwaysAdmit’ allows all requests and do not filter any requests.

Solution

Edit the API server pod specification file ‘/etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml’ on the master node and set the ‘–enable-admission-plugins’ parameter to a value that does not include ‘AlwaysAdmit’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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