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k8sSearch: exclude secrets with scopes that are not requested

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type/bug
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
13
Forks
8
Avg merge
1d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
10

Description

Affected Stackable version

nightly

Current and expected behavior

Currently, the k8sSearch backend treats requested scopes as a minimum bound. A volume that requests pod will happily be supplied a secret secret that provides pod,node, allowing the pod to impersonate someone else.

Possible solution

k8sSearch should reject secrets that specify unrequested scopes.

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Research direction

Start at the k8sSearch backend named in the issue and trace how requested scopes are compared with scopes on candidate secrets. Done means secrets containing any unrequested scope are rejected, while secrets whose scopes are all requested remain eligible; add regression coverage for both cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kubernetes, rust
Domain
authorization, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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