mcp-server-semgrep/semgrep-rules/yaml/kubernetes/security/legacy-api-clusterrole-excessive-permissions.yaml

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rules:
  - id: legacy-api-clusterrole-excessive-permissions
    patterns:
      - pattern: |
          "*"
      - pattern-inside: |
          resources: $A
          ...
      - pattern-inside: |
          verbs: $A
          ...
      - pattern-inside: |
          - apiGroups: [""]
            ...
      - pattern-inside: |
          apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
          ...
      - pattern-inside: |
          kind: ClusterRole
          ...
    message: >-
      Semgrep detected a Kubernetes core API ClusterRole with excessive permissions. Attaching excessive permissions to a ClusterRole associated with the core namespace allows the V1 API to perform arbitrary actions on arbitrary resources attached to the cluster. Prefer explicit allowlists of verbs/resources when configuring the core API namespace. 
    languages:
      - yaml
    severity: WARNING
    metadata:
      cwe:
        - "CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management"
      owasp:
        - A05:2021 - Security Misconfiguration
        - A06:2017 - Security Misconfiguration
      references:
        - https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/rbac/#role-and-clusterrole
        - https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/rbac-good-practices/#general-good-practice
        - https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.28/#api-groups
      category: security
      technology:
        - kubernetes
      cwe2021-top25: false
      subcategory:
        - vuln
      likelihood: MEDIUM
      impact: HIGH
      confidence: HIGH