kubescape/docs/roadmap.md

Kubescape project roadmap

Planning principles

Kubescape roadmap items are labeled based on where the feature is used and by their maturity.

The features serve different stages of the workflow of the users:

• Development phase (writing Kubernetes manifests) - example: VS Code extension is used while editing YAMLs
• CI phase (integrating manifests to GIT repo) - example: GitHub action validating HELM charts on PRs
• CD phase (deploying applications in Kubernetes) - example: running cluster scan after a new deployment
• Monitoring phase (scanning application in Kubernetes) - example: Prometheus scraping the cluster security risk

The items in Kubescape roadmap are split to 3 major groups based on the feature planning maturity:

• Planning - we have tickets open for these issues with more or less clear vision of design
• Backlog - feature which were discussed at a high level but are not ready for development
• Wishlist - features we are dreaming of 😀 and want to push them gradually forward

Planning 👷

• Integration with image registries

  We want to expand Kubescape to integrate with differnet image registries and read image vulnerability information from there. This will allow Kubescape to give contextual security information about vulnerabilities Container registry integration

• Kubescape as a microservice

  Create a REST API for Kubescape so it can run constantly in a cluster and other components like Prometheus can scrape results

• Kubescape CLI control over cluster operations

  Add functionality to Kubescape CLI to trigger operations in Kubescape cluster components (example: trigger images scans and etc.)

• Produce md/HTML reports

  Create scan reports for different output formats

• Git integration for pull requests

  Create insightful GitHub actions for Kubescape

Backlog 📅

• JSON path for HELM charts

  Today Kubescape can point to issues in the Kubernetes object, we want to develop this feature so Kubescape will be able to point to the misconfigured source file (HELM)

• Create Kubescape HELM plugin

• Kubescape based admission controller

  Implement admission controller API for Kubescape microservice to enable users to use Kubescape rules as policies

Wishlist 💭

• Integrate with other Kubernetes CLI tools

  Use Kubescape as a YAML validator for kubectl and others.

• Kubernetes audit log integration

  Connect Kubescape to audit log stream to enable it to produce more contextual security information based on how the API service is used.

• TUI for Kubescape

  Interactive terminal based user interface which helps to analyze and fix issues

• Scanning images with GO for vulnerabilities

  Images scanners cannot determine which packages were used to build Go executables and we want to scan them for vulnerabilities

• Scanning Dockerfile-s for security best practices

  Scan image or Dockerfile to determine whether it is using security best practices (like root containers)

• Custom controls and rules

  Enable users to define their own Rego base rules

• More CI/CD tool integration

  Jenkins and etc. 😀

Completed features 🎓

• Kubelet configuration validation
• API server configuration validation
• Image vulnerability scanning based controls
• Assisted remediation (telling where/what to fix)
• Integration with Prometheus
• Confiugration of controls (customizing rules for a given environment)
• Installation in the cluster for continuous monitoring
• Host scanner
• Cloud vendor API integration
• Custom exceptions
• Custom frameworks