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Disallow Localhost ExternalName Services in CEL expressions

A Service of type ExternalName which points back to localhost can potentially be used to exploit vulnerabilities in some Ingress controllers. This policy audits Services of type ExternalName if the externalName field refers to localhost.

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Policy Definition

apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: no-localhost-service
annotations:
policies.kyverno.io/title: Disallow Localhost ExternalName Services in CEL expressions
policies.kyverno.io/category: Sample in CEL
policies.kyverno.io/severity: medium
policies.kyverno.io/subject: Service
policies.kyverno.io/minversion: 1.11.0
kyverno.io/kubernetes-version: 1.26-1.27
policies.kyverno.io/description: A Service of type ExternalName which points back to localhost can potentially be used to exploit vulnerabilities in some Ingress controllers. This policy audits Services of type ExternalName if the externalName field refers to localhost.
spec:
validationFailureAction: Audit
background: true
rules:
- name: no-localhost-service
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Service
operations:
- CREATE
- UPDATE
validate:
cel:
expressions:
- expression: object.spec.type != 'ExternalName' || object.spec.externalName != 'localhost'
message: Service of type ExternalName cannot point to localhost.

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