kubernetes-dashboard-enabled: Kubernetes Dashboard for ACK Clusters - Enabled

2025-08-01 Kubernetes Dashboard PoC Public

Description

Ensure that Kubernetes Dashboard (Dashboard WebUI) is disabled for your ACK clusters in order to enhance cluster security and prevent potential attack vectors. The Kubernetes Dashboard is a web-based user interface (UI) that provides a visual representation and management capabilities for Kubernetes clusters. It allows users to monitor and interact with the resources within the cluster, such as pods, deployments, and services, through a graphical interface rather than using command-line tools.

PoC

id: kubernetes-dashboard-enabled

info:
  name: Kubernetes Dashboard for ACK Clusters - Enabled
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that Kubernetes Dashboard (Dashboard WebUI) is disabled for your ACK clusters in order to enhance cluster security and prevent potential attack vectors. The Kubernetes Dashboard is a web-based user interface (UI) that provides a visual representation and management capabilities for Kubernetes clusters. It allows users to monitor and interact with the resources within the cluster, such as pods, deployments, and services, through a graphical interface rather than using command-line tools.
  reference:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/alibaba-cloud/AlibabaCloud-ACK/disable-kubernetes-dashboard.html
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    verified: true
  tags: cloud,devops,aliyun,alibaba,aliyun-cloud-config,ack

variables:
  region: "cn-hangzhou"

flow: |
  code(1)
  for (let cluster_id of iterate(template.cluster)) {
    set("cluster", cluster_id)
    code(2)
  }

self-contained: true

code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aliyun cs GET /clusters --header "Content-Type=application/json;" --body "{}"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: cluster
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[].cluster_id'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      aliyun cs DescribeClusterAddonsVersion --ClusterId $cluster

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'kubernetes-dashboard'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'cluster + " Kubernetes Dashboard is enabled for the selected ACK cluster"'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100b4f98ba55922b99ffbf57dd68fa814f198dd99130e9d1d6c168a246eb842d3260221009a8c004329b2015cefef39ffbb2c7abda163de2e0d00132796e1cc133d5a5531:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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