One Compromised Kubernetes Node Can Expose Every Workload Identity Running on It
Unit42 researchers show a root attacker on a Kubernetes node can manipulate cgroups to make the local SPIRE agent issue other workloads' identities.
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Kubernetes Attack Lets Hackers Steal SPIFFE Workload Identities and Impersonate Applications
Unit 42 detailed a Kubernetes technique where node-root attackers spoof cgroup selectors to steal SPIFFE/SPIRE workload identities and impersonate applications.
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The Machine With Many Faces: Post-Exploitation Identity Misuse in SPIFFE/SPIRE
Unit 42 demonstrates that root access on a Kubernetes node lets attackers spoof SPIFFE/SPIRE attestation and harvest co-located workloads' SVIDs.
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