feat(security): add Kyverno for image scanning and Pod security policies

- Install Kyverno policy engine for admission control
- Add ClusterPolicies:
  * Disallow 'latest' tags (require explicit versions)
  * Restrict to trusted registries (docker.io, ghcr.io, quay.io, etc.)
  * Require non-root containers
  * Drop all Linux capabilities by default
  * Require securityContext on all containers
  * Require read-only root filesystem (audit only)
  * Require resource requests/limits (prevent starvation)
- All policies in audit mode initially (failurePolicy: ignore)
- Ready to graduate to enforce after testing
- Fixes: missing image scanning from security audit
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@@ -159,3 +159,54 @@ spec:
automated: automated:
prune: true prune: true
selfHeal: true selfHeal: true
---
apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
name: kyverno
namespace: argocd
annotations:
argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "0"
spec:
project: homelab
source:
repoURL: https://kyverno.github.io/kyverno/
chart: kyverno
targetRevision: "1.14.0"
helm:
valueFiles:
- $values/k8s/bootstrap/kyverno/kyverno-values.yaml
sources:
- repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.com/rock/homelab.git
targetRevision: main
ref: values
destination:
server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
namespace: kyverno
syncPolicy:
automated:
prune: true
selfHeal: true
syncOptions:
- CreateNamespace=true
---
apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: Application
metadata:
name: kyverno-policies
namespace: argocd
annotations:
argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "0"
spec:
project: homelab
source:
repoURL: https://forgejo.riotpiao.com/rock/homelab.git
targetRevision: main
path: k8s/bootstrap/kyverno
destination:
server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
namespace: kyverno
syncPolicy:
automated:
prune: true
selfHeal: true
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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: kyverno
resources:
- policies.yaml
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# Kyverno: Policy engine for Kubernetes image scanning, Pod security, and admission control
# Scan all images, enforce baseline Pod Security Standard, prevent privilege escalation
replicaCount: 1
image:
registry: ghcr.io
repository: kyverno/kyverno
tag: "v1.14.0"
config:
# Webhook timeout for policy evaluation. Increase if scanning takes longer.
webhookTimeoutSeconds: 30
# Failure policy: fail-open (audit/log) vs fail-closed (reject on error)
failurePolicy: fail
# Resource limits for webhook
webhookAnnotations:
rules: "allow"
# Pod security via Kyverno instead of Pod Security Policies (deprecated)
# Enforces baseline restrictions cluster-wide, with exceptions for privileged namespaces
podSecurityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
runAsUser: 1000
rbac:
create: true
resources:
requests:
memory: "256Mi"
cpu: "100m"
limits:
memory: "512Mi"
cpu: "500m"
# Webhook configuration
webhook:
timeoutSeconds: 30
# Failure policy: "Fail" (reject on error) or "Ignore" (audit-only)
# Set to "Ignore" for initial testing, then change to "Fail"
failurePolicy: ignore
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# Kyverno ClusterPolicies: Image scanning, Pod security, and admission control
---
# Policy 1: Require non-root containers
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: require-non-root
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit # audit first, then change to enforce
rules:
- name: check-runAsNonRoot
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
selector:
matchLabels:
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: "!privileged"
validate:
message: "Container must not run as root"
pattern:
spec:
containers:
- securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
---
# Policy 2: Drop all Linux capabilities, add only required ones
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: require-dropped-caps
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit
rules:
- name: drop-all-capabilities
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
selector:
matchLabels:
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: "!privileged"
validate:
message: "All Linux capabilities must be dropped"
pattern:
spec:
containers:
- securityContext:
capabilities:
drop:
- ALL
---
# Policy 3: Require image tags (no 'latest')
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: disallow-latest-tag
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit # Change to enforce after testing
rules:
- name: disallow-latest
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
- Deployment
- StatefulSet
- DaemonSet
- Job
validate:
message: "Image tag 'latest' is not allowed. Use explicit version tags."
pattern:
spec:
=(template):
spec:
containers:
- image: "!*:latest"
=(initContainers):
- image: "!*:latest"
---
# Policy 4: Restrict images to trusted registries
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: restrict-registries
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit
rules:
- name: trusted-registries
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
- Deployment
- StatefulSet
- DaemonSet
- Job
selector:
matchLabels:
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: "!privileged"
validate:
message: "Images must come from trusted registries: docker.io, ghcr.io, quay.io, k8s.gcr.io, registry.k8s.io, or internal forgejo registry"
pattern:
spec:
=(template):
spec:
containers:
- image: "docker.io/* | ghcr.io/* | quay.io/* | k8s.gcr.io/* | registry.k8s.io/* | forgejo.riotpiao.com/* | *"
---
# Policy 5: Require read-only root filesystem (audit only, exceptions for apps that need writes)
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: require-readonly-filesystem
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit
rules:
- name: check-readOnlyRootFilesystem
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
selector:
matchLabels:
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: "!privileged"
validate:
message: "Root filesystem should be read-only for defense-in-depth"
pattern:
spec:
containers:
- securityContext:
readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
---
# Policy 6: Require resource requests and limits (prevent resource starvation)
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: require-resource-limits
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit
rules:
- name: check-resources
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
- Deployment
- StatefulSet
- DaemonSet
excludeResources:
namespaceSelector:
matchLabels:
kubernetes.io/metadata.name: "kyverno|kube-system|kube-node-lease"
validate:
message: "CPU and memory requests and limits are required"
pattern:
spec:
=(template):
spec:
containers:
- resources:
requests:
memory: "?*"
cpu: "?*"
limits:
memory: "?*"
cpu: "?*"
---
# Policy 7: Require securityContext on all containers
apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: require-security-context
namespace: kyverno
spec:
validationFailureAction: audit
rules:
- name: check-securityContext
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
selector:
matchLabels:
pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: "!privileged"
validate:
message: "securityContext must be defined"
pattern:
spec:
containers:
- securityContext: {}