Security policy allows sharing of host's IPC namespace Affecting Pod Security Policy service in Kubernetes


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    Containers / Best Practices

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00633
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Description

Containers will be able to communicate with the host's shared channels which breaks the container security boundary.

How to fix?

Remove the hostIPC attribute, or set value to false.

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