auditing-kubernetes-rbac-privilege-escalation

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Audited by Snyk on Jun 23, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUM
Full Analysis

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).


MEDIUM W013: Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

  • Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill explicitly instructs live, state-changing exploitation: installing tools, using/minting service-account tokens, creating/updating RBAC bindings, and scheduling privileged hostPath pods (e.g., reading /host/etc/shadow) which modify cluster/node/host state and enable takeover.

Issues (2)

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

W013
MEDIUM

Attempt to modify system services in skill instructions.

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Jun 23, 2026, 03:40 AM
Issues
2
Security Audit — snyk — auditing-kubernetes-rbac-privilege-escalation