The Kubernetes Scheduler must use TLS 1.2, at a minimum, to protect the confidentiality of sensitive data during electronic dissemination.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-242377	CNTR-K8-000160	SV-242377r712487_rule		Medium

Description
The Kubernetes Scheduler will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communication. The use of unsupported protocol exposes vulnerabilities to the Kubernetes by rogue traffic interceptions, man-in-the-middle attacks, and impersonation of users or services from the container platform runtime, registry, and keystore. To enable the minimum version of TLS to be used by the Kubernetes API Server, the setting "tls-min-version" must be set.

Description

The Kubernetes Scheduler will prohibit the use of SSL and unauthorized versions of TLS protocols to properly secure communication. The use of unsupported protocol exposes vulnerabilities to the Kubernetes by rogue traffic interceptions, man-in-the-middle attacks, and impersonation of users or services from the container platform runtime, registry, and keystore. To enable the minimum version of TLS to be used by the Kubernetes API Server, the setting "tls-min-version" must be set.

STIG	Date
Kubernetes Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-14

Details

Check Text ( C-45652r712485_chk )
Change to the /etc/kubernetes/manifests/ directory on the Kubernetes Master Node. Run the command: grep -i tls-min-version * If the setting "tls-min-version" is not configured in the Kubernetes Scheduler manifest file or it is set to "VersionTLS10" or "VersionTLS11", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-45610r712486_fix)
Edit the Kubernetes Scheduler manifest file in the /etc/kubernetes/manifests directory on the Kubernetes Master Node. Set the value of "--tls-min-version" to "VersionTLS12" or higher.