Enumerate Pods (kubernetes)

Platform	Author	Last Update
kubernetes	Leo Tsaousis	2024-12-02

Enumerate pods within the Leonidas namepsace

MITRE IDs

• T1580
• T1613

Scope

This test case does not need Cluster-wide permissions

Required Permissions

-   apiGroups:
    - ''
    namespaced: true
    resources:
    - pods
    verbs:
    - list

Required Parameters

None

Attacker Action

kubectl get pods

Detection Case

ELK query

When logs are ingested into ELK, the following query can be used to identify relevant events.

verb:list AND resource:pods

Sigma Definition

---
title: Enumerate pods
id: 18490e7b-f1f3-484a-806b-4cb16aa225ce
status: experimental
author: Leo Tsaousis
date: 2024-12-02
description: |
  Enumerate pods within the Leonidas namepsace
logsource:
  product: kubernetes
  service: audit
detection:
  selection:
    verb: list

    resource: pods

  condition: selection
level: low
tags:
- attack.T1580
- attack.T1613

falsepositives:
- Legitimate administrative activity. Investigate for similar activity from the same identity that could indicate enumeration attempts