1.2.21 - Ensure that the --service-account-lookup argument is set to true (Automated)

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Validate service account before validating token.

If --service-account-lookup is not enabled, the apiserver only verifies that the authentication token is valid, and does not validate that the service account token mentioned in the request is actually present in etcd. This allows using a service account token even after the corresponding service account is deleted. This is an example of time of check to time of use security issue.

Note

By default, --service-account-lookup argument is set to true.

Audit

Run the following command on the Control Plane node:

ps -ef | grep kube-apiserver

Verify that if the --service-account-lookup argument exists it is set to true.

Remediation

Edit the API server pod specification file /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-apiserver.yaml on the Control Plane node and set the below parameter.

--service-account-lookup=true

Alternatively, you can delete the --service-account-lookup parameter from this file so that the default takes effect.