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Require runAsNonRoot

Containers must be required to run as non-root users. This policy ensures `runAsNonRoot` is set to `true`. A known issue prevents a policy such as this using `anyPattern` from being persisted properly in Kubernetes 1.23.0-1.23.2.

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Policy Definition

apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
kind: ClusterPolicy
metadata:
name: require-run-as-nonroot
annotations:
policies.kyverno.io/title: Require runAsNonRoot
policies.kyverno.io/category: Pod Security Standards (Restricted)
policies.kyverno.io/severity: medium
policies.kyverno.io/subject: Pod
kyverno.io/kyverno-version: 1.6.0
kyverno.io/kubernetes-version: 1.22-1.23
policies.kyverno.io/description: Containers must be required to run as non-root users. This policy ensures `runAsNonRoot` is set to `true`. A known issue prevents a policy such as this using `anyPattern` from being persisted properly in Kubernetes 1.23.0-1.23.2.
spec:
validationFailureAction: Audit
background: true
rules:
- name: run-as-non-root
match:
any:
- resources:
kinds:
- Pod
validate:
message: Running as root is not allowed. Either the field spec.securityContext.runAsNonRoot must be set to `true`, or the fields spec.containers[*].securityContext.runAsNonRoot, spec.initContainers[*].securityContext.runAsNonRoot, and spec.ephemeralContainers[*].securityContext.runAsNonRoot must be set to `true`.
anyPattern:
- spec:
securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: "true"
"=(ephemeralContainers)":
- "=(securityContext)":
"=(runAsNonRoot)": "true"
"=(initContainers)":
- "=(securityContext)":
"=(runAsNonRoot)": "true"
containers:
- "=(securityContext)":
"=(runAsNonRoot)": "true"
- spec:
"=(ephemeralContainers)":
- securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: "true"
"=(initContainers)":
- securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: "true"
containers:
- securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: "true"

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