feat(security): protect collector ServiceAccounts via ValidatingAdmissionPolicy - #3405
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 12 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe operator adds Kubernetes ValidatingAdmissionPolicies for protected collector ServiceAccounts. It reconciles policy resources and ConfigMap parameters, registers controller components, adds RBAC, documents operation, and adds envtest, end-to-end, and manual validation. ChangesProtected ServiceAccount admission
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| ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION ?= 1.31.0 | ||
| .PHONY: test-admission-envtest | ||
| test-admission-envtest: | ||
| KUBEBUILDER_ASSETS="$$(go run sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@release-0.23 use $(ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION) -p path)" \ |
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I'm guessing we could use this for our other admissions tests?
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We should think if this should be in the controller package? Maybe that package is only for our resources?
| ### 3. A Pod or workload is denied: `uses protected collector ServiceAccount ... may only be created by a CLO-managed collector controller` | ||
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| The cluster logging operator installs ValidatingAdmissionPolicies that prevent a | ||
| collector ServiceAccount (one referenced by a `ClusterLogForwarder`) from being |
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...being refused.... It should probably say it is refused if not used as we intend. Something to that affect
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Seeing the generated bundle which provides the RBAC, if these are being managed by a controller and not deployable in the bundle, then we should not require them here. This and the associated Make target can be removed.
| expression: "(has(params.data) && ('podCreators' in params.data)) ? params.data['podCreators'].split(',') : []" | ||
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| - expression: "!variables.isProtected || (request.userInfo.username in variables.allowedCreators)" | ||
| messageExpression: "'Pod uses protected collector ServiceAccount \"' + variables.sa + '\" and may only be created by a CLO-managed collector controller'" |
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Depending where this message is manifested it may require the namespace.
Maybe it should also be something like:
"'Pod uses protected ServiceAccount \"' + variables.sa + '\" which is only allowed for use by authorized ClusterLogForwarders'"
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This should be moved to the controller package for consistency
| func (r *ProtectedSAReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error { | ||
| return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr). | ||
| For(&obsv1.ClusterLogForwarder{}). | ||
| Named("protected-sa-configmap"). |
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We can name this "clo-protected-sa" and extract the name to a constant as i presume it is used elsewhere
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| // OperatorNamespace returns the namespace the operator runs in, used both to | ||
| // locate the param ConfigMap and to build the operator ServiceAccount username. | ||
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Similar functionality may already exist elsewhere and can be ascertained from the downward API and read from an env var if it is not already provided there
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| restrictedUser = "system:serviceaccount:%s:restricted-user" | ||
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We have programmatic builders that are better suited then string interpolation
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replace with existing utilities
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replace or impl into existing utilities
| // spoofedPodYAML copies the collector's visible metadata to prove that spoofing | ||
| // labels/annotations/name does not bypass the policy. | ||
| func spoofedPodYAML(namespace, sa, name string) string { | ||
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…sionPolicy Restrict protected collector ServiceAccounts so only CLO-managed workloads (the operator and the built-in controllers that deploy the collector) may run a Pod under them. This closes the path where a user who can create Pods reuses a collector SA to inherit its logging-scc privileges (e.g. hostPath node access), even if they reproduce the collector's visible Pod metadata. (CVE-2026-10609, LOG-9714/LOG-9441) Two ValidatingAdmissionPolicies (Pods, workloads) key on the non-forgeable request.userInfo.username rather than Pod metadata. Protected SAs and allowed creator identities are fed to CEL via the clo-protected-serviceaccounts param ConfigMap, which the operator rebuilds from the current ClusterLogForwarder list on every CLF event. Bindings use parameterNotFoundAction: Allow to avoid operator self-lockout. Enforced as hard Deny with zero upgrade breakage: the only legitimate creators are stable identities (operator SA + kube controllers) that are allow-listed, so existing CLF users and running collectors are unaffected. CLF-layer controls (forward logs you cannot read; exfiltrate the SA token) are scoped out and documented as follow-ups in docs/design. Coverage: unit (fake client) + envtest (real kube-apiserver, CEL compiled) + e2e. Adds a ValidatingAdmissionPolicy how-to guide for newcomers. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Vitalii Parfonov <vparfono@redhat.com>
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443-443: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd language tags to all fenced documentation examples.
markdownlint-cli2reports MD040 for these fences:
docs/design/protect-collector-serviceaccounts.md#L443-L443: addcel.docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md#L31-L31: addtext.docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md#L73-L73: addtext.docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md#L189-L189: addcel.docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md#L331-L331: addtext.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@cmd/main.go`:
- Around line 263-267: Update the ProtectedSAReconciler initialization so
OperatorNS uses the operator Pod’s actual namespace, independently of
WATCH_NAMESPACE and olm.targetNamespaces. Inject or otherwise derive that
namespace before constructing ProtectedSAReconciler, while preserving the
existing SyncProtectedServiceAccounts behavior.
In `@docs/design/protect-collector-serviceaccounts.md`:
- Around line 232-235: Update the documented ConfigMap key contract and
accompanying VAP YAML to match the shipped implementation: use the sa_
namespace/service-account key format, build the policy key from
request.namespace, and include the has(params.data) guard before membership
checks. Apply the same corrections to the referenced example section.
In `@docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md`:
- Around line 115-118: Update the policy example’s messageExpression in the
validations entry to match the denial message shipped by
internal/admission/protected-sa-pods.yaml, including the namespace-qualified
ServiceAccount and the wording about authorized ClusterLogForwarders.
In `@docs/features/collection.adoc`:
- Line 100: Update the Protected collector ServiceAccounts entry to state that
the ValidatingAdmissionPolicy protection applies only on OpenShift 4.17 and
later, while preserving the existing link and CVE reference.
In `@hack/test-protected-sa.sh`:
- Line 37: Update the usage function’s sed range so it includes the option
documentation through lines 21 and 22, ensuring --no-cleanup and --cleanup-only
appear in the help output.
In `@internal/admission/protected_sa_policy.go`:
- Around line 81-83: Update ReconcileProtectedSAPolicies in
internal/admission/protected_sa_policy.go:81-83 to return the error from the
initial SyncProtectedServiceAccounts call before reconciling policies or
bindings. Update the retry handling in
internal/controller/admission/protected_sa_runnable.go:40-49 so exhausted
backoff is not treated as success and a retry path remains available. Add a test
covering initial ClusterLogForwarderList failure, verifying policies are
installed only after the protected-SA key exists.
- Around line 122-131: Update setCreatorKeys to authorize the complete
controller chains for every workload type matched by
protected-sa-workloads.yaml, including StatefulSet, Job, CronJob, and
ReplicationController controller identities, and add admission coverage for
operator-created workloads progressing to their child resources. If those
workload types are intentionally unsupported, instead reject them explicitly and
add tests for that behavior.
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In `@docs/design/protect-collector-serviceaccounts.md`:
- Line 443: Update the fenced examples to include the requested language tags:
use cel at docs/design/protect-collector-serviceaccounts.md:443 and
docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md:189, and text at
docs/design/validatingadmissionpolicy-guide.md:31, 73, and 331.
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In `@docs/design/protect-collector-serviceaccounts.md`:
- Around line 332-333: Update the ConfigMap example’s podCreators and
workloadCreators entries to include all controller identities written by
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| podCreators: "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:daemon-set-controller,system:serviceaccount:kube-system:replicaset-controller" | ||
| workloadCreators: "system:serviceaccount:openshift-logging:cluster-logging-operator,system:serviceaccount:kube-system:deployment-controller" |
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List all reconciled controller identities in this ConfigMap example.
setCreatorKeys also writes statefulset-controller, job-controller, and replication-controller to podCreators, plus cronjob-controller to workloadCreators. The example omits them. A user who applies this documented configuration can block supported protected-SA StatefulSet, Job, ReplicationController, or CronJob flows.
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In `@docs/design/protect-collector-serviceaccounts.md` around lines 332 - 333,
Update the ConfigMap example’s podCreators and workloadCreators entries to
include all controller identities written by setCreatorKeys:
statefulset-controller, job-controller, and replication-controller under
podCreators, and cronjob-controller under workloadCreators, while preserving the
existing identities.
- OperatorNamespace reads projected SA namespace file before WATCH_NAMESPACE - Runnable retries indefinitely until context cancellation instead of silently giving up after 5 attempts - Authorize all kube-system controller chains (statefulset, job, cronjob, replication-controller) for every workload type matched by the VAP - VAP guide messageExpression aligned with shipped YAML - collection.adoc: note OCP 4.17+ requirement Signed-off-by: Vitalii Parfonov <vparfono@redhat.com>
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Restrict protected collector ServiceAccounts so only CLO-managed workloads (the operator and the built-in controllers that deploy the collector) may run a Pod under them. This closes the path where a user who can create Pods reuses a collector SA to inherit its logging-scc privileges (e.g. hostPath node access), even if they reproduce the collector's visible Pod metadata. (CVE-2026-10609, LOG-9714/LOG-9441)
Two ValidatingAdmissionPolicies (Pods, workloads) key on the non-forgeable request.userInfo.username rather than Pod metadata. Protected SAs and allowed creator identities are fed to CEL via the clo-protected-serviceaccounts param ConfigMap, which the operator rebuilds from the current ClusterLogForwarder list on every CLF event. Bindings use parameterNotFoundAction: Allow to avoid operator self-lockout.
Enforced as hard Deny with zero upgrade breakage: the only legitimate creators are stable identities (operator SA + kube controllers) that are allow-listed, so existing CLF users and running collectors are unaffected.
CLF-layer controls (forward logs you cannot read; exfiltrate the SA token) are scoped out and documented as follow-ups in docs/design.
Coverage: unit (fake client) + envtest (real kube-apiserver, CEL compiled) + e2e. Adds a ValidatingAdmissionPolicy how-to guide for newcomers.
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