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Service account spec 'automountServiceAccountToken' should be set to 'false' Affecting Authorization service in Kubernetes

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10
    Severity Framework
    Snyk CCSS
    Rule category
    Containers / Best Practices

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00654
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Description

Avoid auto mounting tokens for the default service account. The default service account should not be used and its ability to provide API credentials should be disabled.

How to fix?

Set the automountServiceAccountToken attribute to false.

Example Configuration

apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: valid-serviceaccount
automountServiceAccountToken: false

Kubernetes