Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills/skills/performing-kubernetes-penetration-testing/references/standards.md

Standards Reference - Kubernetes Penetration Testing

MITRE ATT&CK for Containers

Relevant Techniques

ID	Technique	Phase
T1609	Container Administration Command	Execution
T1610	Deploy Container	Execution
T1611	Escape to Host	Privilege Escalation
T1613	Container and Resource Discovery	Discovery
T1612	Build Image on Host	Defense Evasion
T1552.007	Container API	Credential Access

CIS Kubernetes Benchmark v1.8

Master Node Checks

• 1.1: Control Plane Configuration Files
• 1.2: API Server (anonymous auth, RBAC, audit logging)
• 1.3: Controller Manager
• 1.4: Scheduler

Worker Node Checks

• 4.1: Worker Node Configuration Files
• 4.2: Kubelet (anonymous auth, authorization mode)

Policies

• 5.1: RBAC and Service Accounts
• 5.2: Pod Security Standards
• 5.3: Network Policies
• 5.4: Secrets Management

NSA/CISA Kubernetes Hardening Guide

Key Areas

• Scan containers and pods for vulnerabilities
• Run containers as non-root users
• Use network policies to restrict traffic
• Encrypt secrets at rest
• Audit logging for all API calls
• Scan for misconfigurations regularly

OWASP Kubernetes Top 10

1. K01: Insecure Workload Configurations
2. K02: Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
3. K03: Overly Permissive RBAC
4. K04: Lack of Centralized Policy Enforcement
5. K05: Inadequate Logging and Monitoring
6. K06: Broken Authentication
7. K07: Missing Network Segmentation
8. K08: Secrets Management Failures
9. K09: Misconfigured Cluster Components
10. K10: Outdated and Vulnerable Kubernetes Components