Red Hat Package Manager Execution

No violationsstackroxlowruntime

Alert when Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS package manager programs are executed at runtime.

Rationale: Use of package managers at runtime indicates that new software may be being introduced into containers while they are running.
Remediation: Run `rpm -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa '*rpm*' '*dnf*' '*libsolv*' '*hawkey*' 'yum*')` in the image build for production containers. Change applications to no longer use package managers at runtime, if applicable.

CategoriesSecurity Best Practices

Compliance mappingsView coverage →

DORA EU 2022/2554: Art. 9.2
ISO/IEC 27001 2022: A.8.9
NIST SP 800-53 rev. 5: CM-2
PCI DSS 4.0: 2.2.1

Generated artifacts

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red-hat-package-manager-execution.yaml

- rule: red-hat-package-manager-execution
  desc: Alert when Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS package manager programs are executed at runtime.
  condition: proc.name in ("rpm|microdnf|dnf|yum")
  output: Process %proc.name executed by user %user.name (uid=%user.uid) in container %container.id image=%container.image.repository (policy=Red Hat Package Manager Execution)
  priority: NOTICE
  source: syscall
  tags:
    - stackrox-import
    - policy

IR (canonical)

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  "name": "Red Hat Package Manager Execution",
  "description": "Alert when Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS package manager programs are executed at runtime.",
  "rationale": "Use of package managers at runtime indicates that new software may be being introduced into containers while they are running.",
  "remediation": "Run `rpm -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa '*rpm*' '*dnf*' '*libsolv*' '*hawkey*' 'yum*')` in the image build for production containers. Change applications to no longer use package managers at runtime, if applicable.",
  "severity": "low",
  "categories": [
    "Security Best Practices"
  ],
  "lifecycle": [
    "runtime"
  ],
  "eventSource": "deployment",
  "scope": [],
  "exclusions": [
    {
      "name": "scanner",
      "labelKey": "app.kubernetes.io/name",
      "labelValue": "stackrox"
    },
    {
      "name": "collector",
      "labelKey": "app.kubernetes.io/name",
      "labelValue": "stackrox"
    },
    {
      "name": "Don't alert on openshift-compliance namespace",
      "namespace": "openshift-compliance"
    }
  ],
  "enforcement": {
    "failBuild": false
  },
  "expression": {
    "op": "criterion",
    "field": "process-name",
    "values": [
      "rpm|microdnf|dnf|yum"
    ],
    "valuesOp": "or",
    "negate": false
  },
  "disabled": false
}

Original StackRox JSON

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  "name": "Red Hat Package Manager Execution",
  "description": "Alert when Red Hat/Fedora/CentOS package manager programs are executed at runtime.",
  "rationale": "Use of package managers at runtime indicates that new software may be being introduced into containers while they are running.",
  "remediation": "Run `rpm -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa '*rpm*' '*dnf*' '*libsolv*' '*hawkey*' 'yum*')` in the image build for production containers. Change applications to no longer use package managers at runtime, if applicable.",
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      },
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  ],
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  "severity": "LOW_SEVERITY",
  "enforcementActions": [],
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    {
      "sectionName": "",
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        {
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            {
              "value": "rpm|microdnf|dnf|yum"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
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  "notifiers": [],
  "lastUpdated": null,
  "SORTName": "",
  "SORTLifecycleStage": "",
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  "policyVersion": "1.1",
  "mitreAttackVectors": [
    {
      "tactic": "TA0011",
      "techniques": [
        "T1105"
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  ],
  "criteriaLocked": true,
  "mitreVectorsLocked": true,
  "isDefault": true,
  "source": "IMPERATIVE"
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