initial version for creating secrets

docs/CREATE_SECRET_WITH_TOKEN.md

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# CREATE_SECRET_WITH_TOKEN
+
+### Overview
+
+This attack aims to locate subjects which can gain access to a service account token by creating a secret which would be populated by the control plane with the relevant secret. The subject would also need a method to read the newly created secret.
+
+### Description
+
+Secrets can be configured with the type `kubernetes.io/service-account-token` and annotated with `kubernetes.io/service-account.name` which will result in the secret being automatically populated with a token for said service account.
+
+An attacker could leverage this by creating a secret for a service account and use it to request a token for a service account they wish to gain access to. Once created, an attacker would need to read the secret. This could be done in a few different ways such as reading the secret directly or mounting it into a pod and using that to exfiltrate the secret.
+
+### Defense
+
+RBAC permissions regarding creating secrets should be reviewed. Access should be restricted where not needed.
+
+### Cypher Deep-Dive
+
+#### Listing secrets
+
+```cypher
+MATCH (src)-[:GRANTS_SECRETS_CREATE]->(ns:Namespace)<-[:WITHIN_NAMESPACE]-(dest:ServiceAccount) WHERE (src)-[:GRANTS_SECRETS_LIST]->(ns)
+
+```
+
+This query identifies subjects (`src`) that can create secrets within a namespace. It also checks whether the same subject can list secrets within the same namespace. This would allow them to read the secret upon creation.
+
+#### Workload creation
+
+```cypher
+MATCH (src)-[:GRANTS_SECRETS_CREATE]->(ns:Namespace)<-[:WITHIN_NAMESPACE]-(dest:ServiceAccount) WHERE (src)-[:GRANTS_PODS_CREATE|GRANTS_REPLICATIONCONTROLLERS_CREATE|GRANTS_DAEMONSETS_CREATE|GRANTS_DEPLOYMENTS_CREATE|GRANTS_REPLICASETS_CREATE|GRANTS_STATEFULSETS_CREATE|GRANTS_CRONJOBS_CREATE|GRANTS_JOBS_CREATE]->(ns)
+```
+
+This query identifies subjects (`src`) that can create secrets within a namespace. It also checks the subject can create a workload within the same namespace which could be configured to mount the newly created secret for exfiltration purposes.
+
+Workload creation includes the following:
+- `pods`
+- `replicationcontrollers`
+- `daemonsets`
+- `deployments`
+- `replicasets`
+- `statefulsets`
+- `cornjobs`
+- `jobs`

icekube/attack_paths.py

@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ def workload_query(
  Relationship.ACCESS_SECRET: "MATCH (src)-[:GRANTS_GET|GRANTS_LIST|GRANTS_WATCH]->(dest:Secret)",
  # Generate service account token
  Relationship.GENERATE_TOKEN: "MATCH (src)-[:GRANTS_TOKEN_CREATE]->(dest:ServiceAccount)",
+ # Create a long-lived secret for a service account
+ Relationship.CREATE_SECRET_WITH_TOKEN: [
+ # Uses a workload to read the generated secret
+ f"""
+ MATCH (src)-[:GRANTS_SECRETS_CREATE]->(ns:Namespace)<-[:WITHIN_NAMESPACE]-(dest:ServiceAccount)
+ WHERE (src)-[:GRANTS_PODS_CREATE|{create_workload_query()}]->(ns)
+ """,
+ # Uses secret list to read the generated secret
+ """
+ MATCH (src)-[:GRANTS_SECRETS_CREATE]->(ns:Namespace)<-[:WITHIN_NAMESPACE]-(dest:ServiceAccount)
+ WHERE (src)-[:GRANTS_SECRETS_LIST]->(ns)
+ """,
+ ],
  # RBAC escalate verb to change a role to be more permissive
  Relationship.RBAC_ESCALATE_TO: [
  # RoleBindings

icekube/models/policyrule.py

@@ -83,24 +83,29 @@ def affected_resource_query(
  for verb in self.verbs:
  valid_verbs.update(fnfilter(api_resource.verbs, verb.lower()))
 
- if "create" in valid_verbs and sub_resource is None:
+ verbs_for_namespace = set("create list".split()).intersection(valid_verbs)
+
+ if verbs_for_namespace and sub_resource is None:
  if namespace:
  query_filter: Dict[str, Union[str, List[str]]] = {
  "kind": "Namespace",
  "name": namespace,
  }
  else:
  query_filter = {"apiVersion": "N/A", "kind": "Cluster"}
+ for verb in verbs_for_namespace:
+ yield (
+ Relationship.generate_grant(verb.upper(), resource),
+ generate_query(query_filter),
+ )
+ query_filter = {"kind": "Namespace"}
+ for verb in verbs_for_namespace:
  yield (
- Relationship.generate_grant("CREATE", resource),
+ Relationship.generate_grant(verb.upper(), resource),
  generate_query(query_filter),
  )
- query_filter = {"kind": "Namespace"}
- yield (
- Relationship.generate_grant("CREATE", resource),
- generate_query(query_filter),
- )
- valid_verbs.remove("create")
+ if "create" in verbs_for_namespace:
+ valid_verbs.remove("create")
 
  if not valid_verbs:
  continue

icekube/relationships.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Relationship:
 
  AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_FOR: ClassVar[str] = "AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_FOR"
  GET_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_FOR: ClassVar[str] = "GET_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_FOR"
+ CREATE_SECRET_WITH_TOKEN: ClassVar[str] = "CREATE_SECRET_WITH_TOKEN"
 
  WITHIN_NAMESPACE: ClassVar[str] = "WITHIN_NAMESPACE"