STIGUI
V-260938CAT II — Medium severitySV-260938r1015771_rule

Docker CLI commands must be run with an MKE client trust bundle and without unnecessary permissions.

Rule version CNTR-MK-001180 · STIG v2 · 2024-08-27

Discussion

Running docker CLI commands remotely with a client trust bundle ensures that authentication and role permissions are checked for the command.

Using --privileged option or --user option in docker exec gives extended Linux capabilities to the command. Do not run docker exec with the --privileged or --user options, especially when running containers with dropped capabilities or with enhanced restrictions. By default, docker exec command runs without --privileged or --user options.

Check

The host OS must be locked down so that only authorized users with a client bundle can access docker commands.

To ensure that no commands with privilege or user authorizations are present via CLI:

Linux: As a trusted user on the host operating system, use the below command to filter out docker exec commands that used --privileged or --user option.

sudo ausearch -k docker | grep exec | grep privileged | grep user 

If there are any in the output, then this is a finding.

Fix

Docker CLI command must only be run with a client bundle and must not use --privileged or --user option.

Refer to https://docs.mirantis.com/mke/3.7/ops/access-cluster/client-bundle/configure-client-bundle.html?highlight=client%20bundle.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-260938
Group title
SRG-APP-000342-CTR-000775
Rule ID
SV-260938r1015771_rule
Check ID
C-64667r966169_chk
Fix ID
F-64575r966170_fix