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Kubernetes Security: Overly Permissive RBAC Configurations
Introduction
RBAC is already integrated into Kubernetes, so that it can offer users with the appropriate level of authorization. RBAC is the key mechanism for enforcing access policies to the many resources that Kubernetes provides, such as pods, clusters, nodes, and so on. The request that is sent to the API will be checked based on the policies and rules that have been set up, and an access denied error will be returned if a user does not have permission to use the resource in question. RBAC rules can be added to or removed from the system in order to allow for more or less control over who has access to a given set of resources. You may get yourself acquainted with the fundamentals of Kubernetes by reading my earlier blog post on the subject, which can be found here.
We are going to talk about RBAC in Kubernetes during the course of this article.
What is Role Based Access Control?
RBAC stands for “role-based access control,” and as its name suggests, it is used to offer authorization in such a way that users can only obtain permission based on their roles in relation to…
