id: kube-state-metrics info: name: Kube State Metrics Exposure author: ja1sh severity: low description: | An attacker can detect the public instance of a Kube-State-Metrics metrics. The Kubernetes API server exposes data about the count, health, and availability of pods, nodes, and other Kubernetes objects. metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 shodan-query: title:Kube-state-metrics tags: misconfig,exposure,kube-state-metrics,k8s,kubernetes http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/metrics" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - kube-state-metrics - go_goroutines condition: and - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a004630440220751e26ea8820611c3b8f083667509aebadd54301a9820aabbf11926c1994300402201688aae6d39e28b14d60088ff490a9913276829f2d9c2d7d9095a0434f80094a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950