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vid, title, categories, severity

vid	title	categories	severity
KHV044	Privileged Container	Access Risk	high

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Issue description

A privileged container is given access to all devices on the host and can work at the kernel level. It is declared using the Pod.spec.containers[].securityContext.privileged attribute. This may be useful for infrastructure containers that perform setup work on the host, but is a dangerous attack vector.

Remediation

Minimize the use of privileged containers.

Use Pod Security Policies to enforce using privileged: false policy.

References

• Privileged mode for pod containers
• Pod Security Policies - Privileged