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# seccomp is not set to Docker/Default or Runtime/Default misconfiguration detected in code

## Rule Details

|                        |                             |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC\_K8S\_31             |
| Category - Subcategory | Kubernetes - Access Control |
| Provider               | OTHER                       |
| Severity               | LOW                         |
| Framework              | Helm, Kubernetes, Kustomize |

## Impact

Secure computing mode (seccomp) is a Linux kernel feature used to restrict actions available within the container. The seccomp() system call operates on the seccomp state of the calling process. The default seccomp profile provides a reliable setting for running containers with seccomp and disables non-essential system calls.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* Pod / Deployment / DaemonSet / StatefulSet / ReplicaSet / ReplicationController / Job / CronJob

* *Arguments:* securityContext: seccompProfile: type: (Optional: Kubernetes > v1.19) Addition of seccompProfile type: RuntimeDefault or DockerDefault \[source,go]

***

apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: spec: containers:

* name: image:  securityContext:
* seccompProfile:
* type: RuntimeDefault or
* type: DockerDefault

***

apiVersion: batch/v1beta1 kind: CronJob metadata: name: spec: schedule: <> jobTemplate: spec: template: spec: securityContext:

* seccompProfile:
* type: RuntimeDefault or
* type: DockerDefault

***

apiVersion: <> kind: metadata: name: spec: template: spec: securityContext:

* seccompProfile:
* type: RuntimeDefault or
* type: DockerDefault

***


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