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zt_wl_023 — AKS cluster does not use private API server

Summary

Severity: High · Pillar: Workload · Chain role: ANCHOR

Description

AKS clusters with a public API server endpoint expose the Kubernetes control plane to the internet, allowing unauthenticated reconnaissance and brute-force attacks against the API server.

Mapping

Framework Control / Reference
NIST 800-53 SC-7
NIST 800-207 Tenet 1 - All data sources and computing services are considered resources
CIS Azure
MITRE ATT&CK Technique T1190
MITRE ATT&CK Tactic Initial Access
Zero-Trust Tenet Tenet 1
Framework tags nist-800-207, argus-zt

Source

Rule defined at policies/azure/zt/workload/zt_wl_023.rego.

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