k8s-istio-bypass
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 23, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: The skill details how to bypass Kubernetes Istio AuthorizationPolicy by assuming the identity of the istio user (UID 1337). This UID is commonly exempted from Envoy redirection in iptables to prevent infinite loops, enabling the agent to communicate directly with backend services and evade all Istio security rules.- [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill explicitly targets sensitive data and credentials by providing commands to dump Envoy configurations via the localhost:15000/config_dump endpoint, which may contain secrets. It also instructs the agent to read certificates and secrets from /etc/certs/ and /var/run/secrets/istio/root-cert.pem.- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides various shell commands for interacting with cluster internals, including user switching (su, runuser), network interaction (curl), and service mesh inspection via local Envoy and Pilot debug interfaces.- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The instructions include the use of k8spider, a specialized external utility for scanning Kubernetes subnets, which represents an unverifiable third-party dependency.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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