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# Kubernetes dashboard is deployed misconfiguration detected in code

## Rule Details

|                        |                                           |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID  | APPSEC\_K8S\_33                           |
| Category - Subcategory | Kubernetes - Management Services Exposure |
| Provider               | OTHER                                     |
| Severity               | LOW                                       |
| Framework              | Helm, Kubernetes, Kustomize               |

## Impact

The Terraform provider for Azure enables the capability to disable the Kubernetes dashboard on an AKS cluster. This is achieved by providing the Kubernetes dashboard as an AKS add-on, similar to the Azure Monitor, for containers integration, AKS virtual nodes, and the HTTP application routing. In mid-2019 Tesla was hacked where their kube-dashboard was exposed to the internet. Hackers browsed around, found credentials, and deployed pods running bitcoin mining software. We recommend you disable the kube-dashboard if it's not needed, to prevent the need to manage its individual access interface and limit it as an attack vector.

## How to Fix

*Resource:* Container

* *Arguments:* labels:app / k8s-app - specifies the app label for the pod image - defines the image used by the container \[source,go]

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apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: labels:

* app: kubernetes-dashboard
* k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard spec: containers:
* name:
* image: kubernetes-dashboard
* image: kubernetesui

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