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Exposed Exec On Container

HIGH

Source

Kube Hunter

KHV039

kubernetes

Exposed Exec On Container

An attacker could run arbitrary commands on a container via the kubelet’s /exec endpoint. This endpoint is exposed as part of the kubelet’s debug handlers.

Recommended Actions

Disable --enable-debugging-handlers kubelet flag.

Links

kubelet server code
Kubelet - options

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