1 Service Accounts
1 Workloads
30 Bindings
6 Critical
3 High
4 Medium
17 Low
Description
Installs the Tigera operator for Calico
Overview
| Identity | Namespace | Automount | Secrets | Permissions | Workloads | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
tigera-operator | tigera-operator | ❌ | — | 30 | 1 | Critical |
Numbers in the last two columns indicate how many bindings or workloads involve each ServiceAccount.
Identities
🤖 tigera-operator
Namespace: tigera-operator | Automount: ❌
🔑 Permissions (30)
| Role | Resource | Verbs | Risk | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ClusterRole tigera-operator | rbac.authorization.k8s.io/clusterroles | bind · create · delete · escalate · get · list · update · watch | Critical | BindingToPrivilegedRole ClusterAdminAccess InformationDisclosure PrivilegeEscalation RBACManipulation (+2 more) |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | apps/daemonsets | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | Critical | NodeAccess Persistence PrivilegeEscalation Tampering WorkloadLifecycle |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | apps/deployments | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | Critical | Persistence PotentialPrivilegeEscalation PrivilegeEscalation Tampering WorkloadLifecycle |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/pods | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Critical | LateralMovement Persistence PotentialPrivilegeEscalation PrivilegeEscalation WorkloadExecution |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/secrets | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Critical | ClusterWideSecretAccess CredentialAccess DataExposure InformationDisclosure SecretAccess |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | apps/statefulsets | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | Critical | Persistence PotentialPrivilegeEscalation PrivilegeEscalation Tampering WorkloadLifecycle |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | operator.tigera.io/* | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | High | ClusterWideAccess |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/configmaps | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | High | ConfigMapAccess DataExposure InformationDisclosure |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/namespaces | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | High | ClusterStructure DenialOfService InformationDisclosure NamespaceLifecycle Reconnaissance (+1 more) |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | rbac.authorization.k8s.io/clusterrolebindings | bind · create · delete · escalate · get · list · update · watch | Medium | InformationDisclosure RBACQuery Reconnaissance |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/events | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Medium | InformationDisclosure OperationalData Reconnaissance |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | rbac.authorization.k8s.io/rolebindings | bind · create · delete · escalate · get · list · update · watch | Medium | InformationDisclosure RBACQuery Reconnaissance |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | rbac.authorization.k8s.io/roles | bind · create · delete · escalate · get · list · update · watch | Medium | InformationDisclosure RBACQuery Reconnaissance |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | apiregistration.k8s.io/apiservices | list · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | certificates.k8s.io/certificatesigningrequests | list | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/endpoints | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | crd.projectcalico.org/felixconfigurations | patch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | crd.projectcalico.org/ippools | get · list · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | crd.projectcalico.org/kubecontrollersconfigurations | get · list · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | coordination.k8s.io/leases | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/nodes | get · list · patch · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | policy/poddisruptionbudgets | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | policy/podsecuritypolicies | create · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/podtemplates | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | scheduling.k8s.io/priorityclasses | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/serviceaccounts | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | monitoring.coreos.com/servicemonitors | create · get | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | core/services | create · delete · get · list · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | apps/deployments/finalizers (restricted to: tigera-operator) | update | Low | ResourceNameRestricted |
ClusterRole tigera-operator | policy/podsecuritypolicies (restricted to: tigera-operator) | use | Low | DeprecatedFeature NodeAccess PodSecurityPolicy PrivilegeEscalation ResourceNameRestricted |
⚠️ Potential Abuse (21)
The following security risks were found based on the above permissions:
- Create pods cluster-wide
- Create pods in a namespace
- Read secrets cluster-wide
- Read secrets in a namespace
- Read ConfigMaps cluster-wide
- Read ConfigMaps in a namespace
- Delete namespaces
- Escalate privileges via ClusterRoles (escalate verb)
- Bind ClusterRoles to identities (bind verb)
- Manage Deployments cluster-wide (potential for privileged pod execution)
- Manage Deployments in a namespace (potential for privileged pod execution)
- Manage DaemonSets cluster-wide (runs on all nodes, high impact)
- Manage DaemonSets in a namespace (runs on nodes, high impact)
- Manage StatefulSets cluster-wide
- Manage StatefulSets in a namespace
- Read events cluster-wide
- Read RBAC configuration cluster-wide
- Use privileged PodSecurityPolicy (deprecated)
- List Namespaces (Cluster Reconnaissance)
📦 Workloads (1)
| Kind | Name | Container | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment | tigera-operator | tigera-operator | quay.io/tigera/operator:v1.17.8 |