CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform v1.8.0 L1 OpenShift

Audit Details

Name: CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform v1.8.0 L1 OpenShift

Updated: 9/16/2025

Authority: CIS

Plugin: OpenShift

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 99

File Details

Filename: CIS_Red_Hat_OpenShift_Container_Platform_v1.8.0_L1.audit

Size: 211 kB

MD5: 8ac0e104b764ef64d02685a8bed0e592
SHA256: c099fc186e8572d6b86529c99946cb246be54a9509f4b0f17173fba439c7c699

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
1.1.1 Ensure that the API server pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.2 Ensure that the API server pod specification file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.3 Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.4 Ensure that the controller manager pod specification file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.5 Ensure that the scheduler pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.6 Ensure that the scheduler pod specification file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.7 Ensure that the etcd pod specification file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.8 Ensure that the etcd pod specification file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.9 Ensure that the Container Network Interface file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.10 Ensure that the Container Network Interface file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.11 Ensure that the etcd data directory permissions are set to 700 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.12 Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.13 Ensure that the kubeconfig file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.14 Ensure that the kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.15 Ensure that the Scheduler kubeconfig file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.16 Ensure that the Scheduler kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.17 Ensure that the Controller Manager kubeconfig file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.18 Ensure that the Controller Manager kubeconfig file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.19 Ensure that the OpenShift PKI directory and file ownership is set to root:root

ACCESS CONTROL

1.1.20 Ensure that the OpenShift PKI certificate file permissions are set to 600 or more restrictive

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.1.21 Ensure that the OpenShift PKI key file permissions are set to 600

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.1 Ensure that anonymous requests are authorized

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.2 Use https for kubelet connections

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.3 Ensure that the kubelet uses certificates to authenticate

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.4 Verify that the kubelet certificate authority is set as appropriate

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.5 Ensure that the --authorization-mode argument is not set to AlwaysAllow

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.6 Verify that RBAC is enabled

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1.2.7 Ensure that the APIPriorityAndFairness feature gate is enabled

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.8 Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysAdmit is not set

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.9 Ensure that the admission control plugin AlwaysPullImages is not set

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.10 Ensure that the admission control plugin ServiceAccount is set

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.11 Ensure that the admission control plugin NamespaceLifecycle is set

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.12 Ensure that the admission control plugin SecurityContextConstraint is set

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.13 Ensure that the admission control plugin NodeRestriction is set

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.14 Ensure that the --insecure-bind-address argument is not set

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.15 Ensure that the --insecure-port argument is set to 0

SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.16 Ensure that the --secure-port argument is not set to 0

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.17 Ensure that the healthz endpoint is protected by RBAC

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1.2.18 Ensure that the --audit-log-path argument is set

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1.2.19 Ensure that the audit logs are forwarded off the cluster for retention

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1.2.20 Ensure that the maximumRetainedFiles argument is set to 10 or as appropriate

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1.2.21 Configure Kubernetes API Server Maximum Audit Log Size

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

1.2.22 Ensure that the --request-timeout argument is set

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND SERVICES ACQUISITION

1.2.23 Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true

ACCESS CONTROL, MEDIA PROTECTION

1.2.24 Ensure that the --service-account-key-file argument is set as appropriate

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

1.2.25 Ensure that the --etcd-certfile and --etcd-keyfile arguments are set as appropriate

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.26 Ensure that the --tls-cert-file and --tls-private-key-file arguments are set as appropriate

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.27 Ensure that the --client-ca-file argument is set as appropriate

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.28 Ensure that the --etcd-cafile argument is set as appropriate

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

1.2.29 Ensure that encryption providers are appropriately configured

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION