implementing-kubernetes-pod-security-standards

Pass

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 15, 2026

Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The Python scripts scripts/agent.py and scripts/process.py utilize the subprocess.run function to interact with the kubectl command-line tool. These calls are used to gather security configuration data from the cluster in JSON format. The implementation uses argument lists rather than shell strings, preventing command injection vulnerabilities.\n- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The documentation in references/workflows.md references the official installation script for the kubescape security tool. Kubescape is a widely recognized and well-known service in the Kubernetes security ecosystem used for scanning cluster compliance.\n- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: An example CI/CD workflow in references/workflows.md demonstrates the installation of kubescape by piping a remote shell script into bash. This pattern is standard for the installation of this specific well-known security tool and is provided as documentation for the user's infrastructure automation.\n- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill audits resources (Pods and Namespaces) within a Kubernetes cluster, which constitutes processing external, potentially untrusted data. The skill mitigates risks by parsing this data specifically as structured JSON and evaluating it against a strict set of security standard rules.\n
  • Ingestion points: Kubernetes API resource definitions fetched via kubectl in scripts/agent.py and scripts/process.py.\n
  • Boundary markers: None explicitly defined, as the skill operates on structured API responses.\n
  • Capability inventory: The skill can perform read and label operations on Kubernetes namespaces and pods via subprocess calls to kubectl.\n
  • Sanitization: External data is processed using the standard json library, which ensures that data fields are treated as values rather than executable instructions.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
SAFE
Analyzed
Sep 15, 2026, 01:19 AM