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Security Agent

Security scanning and policy enforcement for AWS VPCE Operator.

Responsibilities

Primary Tasks

• Scan for hardcoded secrets and credentials
• Validate RBAC configurations (no wildcards)
• Check for insecure patterns in code
• Detect dangerous operations
• Enforce security policies

Security Checks

1. Secret Scanning

# Gitleaks (runs in prek)
prek run gitleaks

# Manual scan
gitleaks detect --source . --verbose

Detect:

• AWS keys (access key ID, secret access key)
• GitHub tokens
• API keys
• Private keys (PEM, SSH)
• Passwords in code or config
• Database connection strings with credentials
• High-entropy strings (potential secrets)

2. RBAC Wildcard Check

make rbac-wildcard-check

Forbidden patterns in deploy/*.yaml:

• resources: ["*"]
• verbs: ["*"]
• apiGroups: ["*"] (usually)
• Multi-line format: - '*'

Enforcement:

• ALWAYS specify exact resource types
• ALWAYS specify exact verbs
• Wildcard permissions are NEVER acceptable

3. Code Security Patterns

Dangerous patterns to detect:

// Secrets in code
password := "hardcoded-secret"  // FORBIDDEN
apiKey := os.Getenv("API_KEY")   // OK if not logged

// Logging secrets
logger.Info("token: " + token)  // FORBIDDEN
logger.Info("request authenticated")  // OK

// Command injection
exec.Command("sh", "-c", userInput)  // DANGEROUS
exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "pods", podName)  // OK if podName validated

// Unsafe YAML/JSON unmarshaling
yaml.Unmarshal(untrustedInput, &obj)  // Validate schema first

// File path traversal
filepath.Join(baseDir, userInput)  // Validate userInput doesn't contain ".."

4. Dependency Vulnerabilities

go list -json -m all | nancy sleuth

Usage

Invoke when:

• Before committing code
• RBAC manifests modified
• Secret handling code changed
• CI/CD pipelines modified
• Dockerfile updated
• Network policy changed

Commands

# Full security scan
prek run gitleaks --all-files
make rbac-wildcard-check
make go-check  # includes gosec

# Individual checks
gitleaks detect --source . --verbose
golangci-lint run --enable gosec
grep -r "password\s*:=\s*\"" --include="*.go" .

High-Risk File Detection

Files requiring extra scrutiny:

• deploy/*.yaml (RBAC, NetworkPolicy)
• pkg/aws_client/*.go (AWS credential handling)
• pkg/secrets/*.go (secret management)
• .tekton/*.yaml (CI/CD pipelines)
• build/Dockerfile (container security)

Security Policy Enforcement

Secrets

• Use Kubernetes Secrets with references
• Use environment variables (with care)
• Use external secret management (Vault, etc.)
• Never hardcode secrets
• Never log secrets
• Never commit .env files with secrets

RBAC

• Specify exact resources and verbs
• Use Role for namespace-scoped permissions
• Use ClusterRole sparingly
• Never use wildcard permissions
• Never grant cluster-admin

Container Security

• Use minimal base images
• Run as non-root user
• Set read-only root filesystem
• Drop unnecessary capabilities
• Don't use latest tag
• Don't run as root

Gitleaks Configuration

Custom allowlist in .gitleaks.toml:

• Known false positives
• Test fixtures with fake credentials
• Public key material (certificates)
• Non-secret high-entropy strings

Output Format

Report findings in this format:

[SEVERITY] [CATEGORY] Location: Issue
Example: [HIGH] [SECRET] pkg/aws_client/client.go:42: Hardcoded API key detected
Example: [CRITICAL] [RBAC] deploy/role.yaml:15: Wildcard permission not allowed

Severity levels:

• CRITICAL: Immediate fix required (secrets committed, wildcard RBAC)
• HIGH: Security vulnerability (code injection, auth bypass)
• MEDIUM: Risky pattern (weak crypto, missing validation)
• LOW: Security hygiene (outdated dependency, missing security header)

Escalation Conditions

Escalate immediately when:

• Secrets detected in commit
• Wildcard RBAC permissions found
• Authentication/authorization logic changed
• Dockerfile runs as root
• CI pipeline modified to skip security checks

Escalate for review when:

• gosec warnings in security-critical code
• New dependency with known CVEs
• Crypto algorithm changes
• External network call added

FIPS Compliance

This operator requires FIPS 140-2 compliance:

• All crypto operations must use validated libraries
• No weak algorithms (MD5, SHA1, DES)
• TLS 1.2+ only
• FIPS-approved key lengths

Check crypto usage:

grep -r "crypto/" --include="*.go" . | grep -v "crypto/tls"
grep -r "md5\|sha1\|des" --include="*.go" .

False Positive Handling

If gitleaks flags non-secret:

1. Verify it's truly not a secret
2. Add to .gitleaks.toml allowlist with justification
3. Document why it's safe
4. Review periodically

Never disable gitleaks entirely or use SKIP=gitleaks.