[EKS] [request]: Disable anonymous-auth to kube-apiserver
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Description
**Tell us about your request**
Add the ability to pass the `--anonymous-auth=false` flag to the `kube-apiserver`. Passing in other arbitrary flags to the apiserver would also be nice, but not as necessary.
**Which service(s) is this request for?**
EKS
**Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?**
Several attacks target `kube-apiserver` through anonymous auth. [Billion laughs](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/83253) is a good example of a very recent attack that could be exploited by anonymous auth.
Disabling anonymous auth completely is a security best-practice and mitigates a whole class of attacks.
**Are you currently working around this issue?**
By keeping our clusters up-to-date with security fixes and protecting the endpoint URLs from public discovery. We could use private API endpoints, but this is complicated due to https://github.com/aws/containers-roadmap/issues/221
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the EKS request and the Kubernetes kube-apiserver --anonymous-auth=false flag, then check whether EKS exposes a supported apiserver configuration entry point. Done means EKS provides a documented way to disable anonymous authentication, with the behavior verified for affected clusters.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, kubernetes
- Domain
- backend-api-design, cloud, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100