OLS-3886 Tighten ClusterRole RBAC to prevent privilege escalation - #1954
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe controller now scopes Secret and NetworkPolicy access to the operator namespace. Named RBAC permissions use separate create rules. New Ginkgo tests validate the generated RBAC YAML. ChangesRBAC permission scoping
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In `@internal/controller/olsconfig_controller.go`:
- Line 126: The RBAC rules for managed ClusterRole, ClusterRoleBinding, and the
named Secret must support the operations performed by SetupWithManager(),
including unfiltered Owns() cache list/watch and controller Create calls. Remove
resourceNames restrictions or replace the watches/API access with matching
name-filtered behavior, and ensure the rules grant the required scopes and verbs
while retaining the broad Secret permissions needed by the cache.
- Line 126: Replace the cluster-scoped RBAC markers near the pull-secret rule
and alerts-adapter RoleBinding rule in the OLSConfig controller with
namespace-scoped Roles and RoleBindings (or the repository’s equivalent
installation mechanism): grant pull-secret access only in openshift-config and
alerts-adapter access only in openshift-monitoring. Do not rely on resourceNames
to scope namespaces, and provision create permissions through the
namespace-scoped resources rather than ClusterRole rules.
- Around line 132-134: Update the clusterrolebindings RBAC marker near the
OLSConfig controller to include lightspeed-agentic-alerts-adapter-proposals in
resourceNames, then regenerate the RBAC manifests so manager-role includes the
permission. Leave the namespaced roles and rolebindings rule unchanged.
- Around line 131-134: The RBAC markers around the controller’s ClusterRole and
ClusterRoleBinding rules incorrectly use resourceNames with create, preventing
top-level creation. Replace this authorization design with a supported bootstrap
or pre-provisioning approach, then update the generated role.yaml and OLM CSV
permissions consistently so managed resource creation succeeds without
unrestricted masking access.
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In `@internal/rbac/role_yaml_test.go`:
- Around line 39-48: Strengthen TestClusterRoleNoUnrestrictedSecrets in
internal/rbac/role_yaml_test.go:39-48 to require exactly one Secret resource
name, pull-secret, and fail any other Secret name or unrestricted rule. In
internal/rbac/role_yaml_test.go:88-120, add the managed RoleBinding name to the
allowlist and validate every rolebindings resource name against it, rejecting
unauthorized names.
- Around line 130-150: The TestRoleContainsSecretsAndNetworkPolicies test only
checks resource presence; update it to collect and compare each resource’s exact
verb set against the expected namespaced Role contract, requiring
deletecollection for secrets and excluding it for networkpolicies. Ensure
missing, extra, or incorrect verbs fail the test.
- Around line 14-150: Convert the manifest tests in loadRoleYAML and the
TestClusterRole*/TestRole* functions from testing.T assertions to Ginkgo/Gomega,
adding the package suite setup and structuring each test as Ginkgo specs with
appropriate matchers. Keep the existing YAML loading and RBAC validation
coverage unchanged, omit shared OLSConfig fixtures, and verify the suite through
make test.
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should-fix: This test can pass silently without actually verifying anything. If the pull-secret rule is accidentally removed from the ClusterRole, the if res == "secrets" condition never matches, the loop body never executes, zero assertions fire, and the test reports PASS.
The Role tests in the same file already handle this correctly with a found sentinel — the ClusterRole test should do the same:
found := false
for _, rule := range clusterRole.Rules {
for _, res := range rule.Resources {
if res == "secrets" {
found = true
Expect(rule.ResourceNames).To(ConsistOf("pull-secret"),
"ClusterRole secrets rule must be pinned to exactly pull-secret")
}
}
}
Expect(found).To(BeTrue(), "ClusterRole must include a pinned pull-secret rule")
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should-fix: The tests validate that resourceNames rules don't combine with create and that named resources are in an allowlist — but no test verifies the converse: that destructive write verbs (update, delete) are always pinned to resourceNames. That's the actual invariant that prevents privilege escalation (e.g. updating an arbitrary ClusterRoleBinding to point to cluster-admin).
Suggested addition:
It("requires resourceNames for update/delete verbs on RBAC resources", func() {
rbacResources := map[string]bool{
"clusterroles": true,
"clusterrolebindings": true,
"rolebindings": true,
}
restrictedVerbs := map[string]bool{"update": true, "delete": true}
for _, rule := range clusterRole.Rules {
hasRBAC := false
for _, res := range rule.Resources {
if rbacResources[res] {
hasRBAC = true
}
}
if !hasRBAC {
continue
}
for _, verb := range rule.Verbs {
if restrictedVerbs[verb] {
Expect(rule.ResourceNames).NotTo(BeEmpty(),
"RBAC rule with %q verb must be pinned to resourceNames", verb)
}
}
}
})This ensures create can stay un-pinned (Kubernetes requirement), but update/delete must always be scoped to specific named resources.
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In `@internal/rbac/role_yaml_test.go`:
- Around line 48-52: Extend the secrets-rule assertions in the test loop to
require rule.APIGroups exactly contains the core API group and rule.Verbs
exactly contains get, list, and watch, while preserving the existing
ResourceNames assertion for pull-secret.
- Around line 94-109: The RBAC assertion’s restricted verb coverage is
incomplete. Update restrictedVerbs in the clusterRole rule validation to include
patch, and explicitly reject deletecollection for clusterroles,
clusterrolebindings, and rolebindings because resourceNames cannot constrain it;
preserve the existing resource and verb iteration behavior.
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- Move secrets and networkpolicies from ClusterRole to namespace-scoped Role with namespace=system placeholder (kustomize/OLM replaces at deploy time). - Split RBAC resource rules: create without resourceNames (Kubernetes silently denies create when resourceNames is set), get/update/delete with resourceNames pinned to operator-managed resources. - Add static RBAC validation tests that parse role.yaml and enforce these invariants. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> OLS-3886 Address CodeRabbit review comments - Add lightspeed-agentic-alerts-adapter-proposals to clusterrolebindings resourceNames so removeLegacyProposalsClusterRBAC can Get/Delete the legacy ClusterRoleBinding without a Forbidden error - Regenerate config/rbac/role.yaml - Convert internal/rbac/role_yaml_test.go from testing.T to Ginkgo/Gomega with stricter assertions: - Secrets rule must be pinned to exactly pull-secret - rolebindings resourceNames validated against managed-name allowlist - Role verbs for secrets and networkpolicies checked exactly Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> OLS-3886 Fix silent-pass and add privilege-escalation guard in rbac tests - Add found sentinel to secrets test so it fails when the pull-secret rule is absent rather than silently passing with zero assertions - Add test asserting update/delete verbs on RBAC resources (clusterroles, clusterrolebindings, rolebindings) are always pinned to resourceNames, which is the invariant that prevents arbitrary ClusterRoleBinding writes Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> OLS-3886 Remove legacy proposals RBAC cleanup (no production cluster to migrate) Drop removeLegacyProposalsClusterRBAC, the AlertsAdapterLegacyProposalsClusterRoleName constant, the lightspeed-agentic-alerts-adapter-proposals resourceNames entries from both clusterroles and clusterrolebindings markers, and the corresponding test allowlist entries. Regenerate role.yaml. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> OLS-3886 Extend RBAC verb guards: add patch to restrictedVerbs, reject deletecollection patch is semantically equivalent to update for privilege escalation on ClusterRoleBindings and must be pinned to resourceNames. deletecollection on RBAC resources is unconditionally rejected because resourceNames cannot constrain collection-scope verbs (no name in the request URL). Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> OLS-3886 Assert pull-secret rule is core API group with read-only verbs Prevents accidental addition of write verbs (which would give the operator cluster-wide secret write access via ClusterRole) or a non-core API group. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Must-fix: Informer for openshift-config secrets will get 403 Forbidden, crashing the operator
The ClusterRole now only has this rule for secrets:
- apiGroups: [""]
resourceNames: [pull-secret]
resources: [secrets]
verbs: [get, list, watch]Since Kubernetes 1.10+ (kubernetes/kubernetes#63469), list and watch verbs in a rule with resourceNames require the client to include a matching metadata.name field selector. From the Kubernetes RBAC docs:
If you restrict list or watch by resourceName, clients must include a
metadata.namefield selector in their list or watch request that matches the specified resourceName in order to be authorized.
The operator's cache in cmd/main.go uses an empty cache.Config{} for openshift-config — no field selector:
ByObject: map[client.Object]cache.ByObject{
&corev1.Secret{}: {
Namespaces: map[string]cache.Config{
namespace: {},
utils.TelemetryPullSecretNamespace: {}, // empty config, no field selector
},
},
}The informer will issue a bare LIST /api/v1/namespaces/openshift-config/secrets (no ?fieldSelector=metadata.name=pull-secret), which does not match the resourceNames rule → 403 → informer fails → operator crashes.
Unit tests pass because envtest doesn't enforce RBAC.
Suggested fixes (pick one):
- Add field selector to cache (recommended):
TelemetryPullSecretNamespace: {FieldSelector: fields.SelectorFromSet(fields.Set{"metadata.name": "pull-secret"})}— this makes the LIST request match the RBAC rule precisely. - Keep a separate unrestricted
list;watchrule: Add backresources=secrets, verbs=list;watchwithoutresourceNamesat cluster scope (what PR #1944 preserved). Broader but simpler.
The tightened ClusterRole restricts openshift-config secret reads to resourceNames=pull-secret. Kubernetes requires list/watch on such a rule to carry a matching metadata.name field selector, otherwise the informer's bare LIST is denied with 403 and the manager fails to start. Scope the telemetry pull-secret cache to that field selector so the LIST matches the RBAC rule while keeping least-privilege access. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
create/delete/deletecollection/get/list/patch/update/watch) from ClusterRole to namespace-scoped Role (openshift-lightspeed). Onlypull-secretread access (pinned byresourceNames) remains cluster-scoped for telemetry.clusterroles,clusterrolebindings, androlebindingswrite access to specificresourceNamesthe operator manages (lightspeed-app-server-sar-role,lightspeed-agentic-alerts-adapter-*), eliminating the ability to bindcluster-adminor create arbitrary roles.openshift-lightspeedonly.Motivation
A compromised operator ServiceAccount token could previously:
cluster-adminfor full cluster takeoverTest plan
make manifestsregeneratesconfig/rbac/role.yamlcorrectlymake test— all controller tests passpull-secretfromopenshift-configopenshift-lightspeedFixes: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/OLS-3886
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