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CMP-4436: Add manual rule kubevirt-restrict-exec-access-to-pods (CIS-OCP-Virt 1.11) - #14936

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CMP-4436: Add manual rule kubevirt-restrict-exec-access-to-pods (CIS-OCP-Virt 1.11)#14936
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Add a manual rule for CIS OCP-Virt control 1.11 "Restrict exec access to pods". The rule documents the audit procedure (oc adm policy who-can exec pod) and is added to the cis-vm-extension CEL profile. Also relax build_cel_content.py to warn instead of error when a CEL profile references rules without CEL checks, allowing manual rules in CEL profiles. Update CEL documentation accordingly.

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LGTM on the rule content. Two asks: (1) rebase to drop the duplicated build-script/docs change once #14920 merges; (2) exec is a pod subresource — consider oc adm policy who-can create pods/exec and please verify the current command gives useful output on 4.2x.

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Looking good but we'll need to rebase and add something to the description that clearly points users to CustomRules as a way to automate this.

Thanks @taimurhafeez!

a running container, which provides direct access to the workload
environment. Unrestricted exec access allows any namespace user to
interact with running virtual machine pods, potentially modifying
runtime state, accessing sensitive data, or disrupting workloads.

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We discussed manual rules with the team. The consensus is that manual rules serve as signals for customers to create their own CustomRules that replace the manual check with an environment-specific automated check.

We can update the description to make this more apparent:

    Because the set of authorized subjects varies by organization, this rule
    requires manual verification. Consider creating a CustomRule with a CEL
    expression that inspects ClusterRoleBindings and RoleBindings for subjects
    granted the <tt>pods/exec</tt> permission, asserting that only your
    approved administrators appear in the results.

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…ints organizations to CustomRules for automation.

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taimurhafeez force-pushed the CMP-4436-Add-Manual-rule-restrict-exec-access-to-pods-CIS-OCP-Virt-1.11 branch from bc612b4 to 966e91d Compare August 6, 2026 10:50
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