Kubernetes API Server audit logs must be enabled.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-242461	SRG-APP-000516-CTR-001335	CNTR-K8-003280	SV-242461r961863_rule	2025-02-20	2

Description
Kubernetes API Server validates and configures pods and services for the API object. The REST operation provides frontend functionality to the cluster share state. Enabling audit logs provides a way to monitor and identify security risk events or misuse of information. Audit logs are necessary to provide evidence in the case the Kubernetes API Server is compromised requiring a Cyber Security Investigation.

Description

Kubernetes API Server validates and configures pods and services for the API object. The REST operation provides frontend functionality to the cluster share state. Enabling audit logs provides a way to monitor and identify security risk events or misuse of information. Audit logs are necessary to provide evidence in the case the Kubernetes API Server is compromised requiring a Cyber Security Investigation.

ℹ️ Check
Change to the /etc/kubernetes/manifests directory on the Kubernetes Control Plane. Run the command: grep -i audit-policy-file * If the setting "audit-policy-file" is not set or is found in the Kubernetes API manifest file without valid content, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Edit the Kubernetes API Server manifest file in the /etc/kubernetes/manifests directory on the Kubernetes Control Plane. Set the argument "--audit-policy-file" to "log file directory".