Cloud / Container / Kubernetes Security

ACTION REQUIRED (execute immediately after reading)

1. NOW: read ../field-journal/precedent-pentest.md — cloud/K8s testing requires written authorization
2. NOW: case-init + scope; state account boundaries, forbid destructive operations
3. NOW: confirm this is cloud metadata/container/K8s/IAM, not ordinary Web scanning (the latter → pentest-tools/)
4. NEXT: tool-index; kubectl/aws/gcloud, etc., mostly manual installs
5. ACT: start from "identity and exposure surface", no default internet-wide scanning

Applicable scenarios

• Cloud metadata SSRF (169.254.169.254 / IMDS)
• IAM excessive privileges, public buckets, wrong security groups
• Docker/containerd escape-path assessment
• Kubernetes RBAC, Secrets, Admission, supply-chain images
• Container-image vulnerabilities (can integrate with supply-chain-security/)

Workflow

Phase 1 — identity and boundaries

□ Current identity: cloud AK/SK, K8s SA, node SSH?
□ Scope: single account / single cluster / single namespace
□ Network profile: authorized_target_only

Phase 2 — cloud control plane

# Example
aws sts get-caller-identity
aws s3 ls
# Azure / GCP corresponding identity commands

□ Public buckets / wrong ACLs
□ Metadata: IMDSv1 vs v2; SSRF chain
□ Assumable roles (PassRole) and lateral movement

Phase 3 — containers

□ Whether privileged / hostPath / hostNetwork
□ capabilities (SYS_ADMIN, etc.)
□ Writable host paths → escape candidates
□ Image history and known CVEs → Trivy

Phase 4 — Kubernetes

kubectl auth can-i --list
kubectl get pods,secrets,svc -A
kubectl get clusterrolebindings

□ SA token mounts and permissions
□ Missing dangerous admission webhooks
□ etcd / dashboard exposure
□ Whether network policy allows by default

Toolchain

Tool	Purpose	Bootstrap
kubectl	Cluster interaction	manual
trivy	Image/IaC	bootstrap trivy if available
kube-bench / kubeaudit	CIS/config	manual
pacu / scoutsuite	Cloud audit (authorized)	manual
nuclei	Known cloud-vuln templates	bootstrap nmap/nuclei ecosystem

References

• references/k8s-cloud-checklist.md
• CTF reference: ../../CTF-Sandbox-Orchestrator/competition-agent-cloud/
• ../supply-chain-security/ ../pentest-tools/

Routing context

Upstream: MASTER R23
Downstream: got a node shell → attack-chain / windows-ad; image vulns → supply-chain
MUST NOT: unauthorized scanning of other public-cloud tenants

Task-completion self-check

• Is it scoped to the authorized account/cluster?
• Do findings include reproduction and impact?
• Did I avoid destructive operations?
• Report / journal?

使用前核对

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