security/container_security.md

AegisLM Container Security Hardening Guide

Overview

This document defines the container security hardening requirements for AegisLM. All containers must meet these security standards before deployment to production.

Container Security Checklist

✅ Required Security Controls

Control	Description	Priority	Status
Non-root user	Containers run as non-root	Required	✅ Implemented
Read-only root filesystem	Root filesystem is read-only	Required	🔄 To Implement
Drop capabilities	Drop all unnecessary Linux capabilities	Required	🔄 To Implement
Seccomp profile	Enable seccomp restriction	Required	🔄 To Implement
No privileged mode	Never run containers in privileged mode	Required	✅ Implemented
Resource limits	Set CPU/memory limits	Required	✅ Implemented
Health checks	Liveness and readiness probes	Required	✅ Implemented
Minimal base image	Use minimal base images	Required	🔄 To Implement

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Kubernetes Pod Security

Pod Security Standards

All AegisLM pods must use the following security context:

yaml
# deployment/k8s/api-deployment.yaml (updated)
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: aegislm-api
  namespace: aegislm
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      securityContext:
        runAsNonRoot: true
        runAsUser: 1000
        runAsGroup: 1000
        fsGroup: 1000
        seccompProfile:
          type: RuntimeDefault
      containers:
        - name: api
          securityContext:
            allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
            readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
            capabilities:
              drop:
                - ALL
            runAsNonRoot: true
            runAsUser: 1000

Network Policies

Create deployment/k8s/network-policy.yaml:

yaml
---
# AegisLM Network Policies
# Kubernetes NetworkPolicy definitions for micro-segmentation

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: api-network-policy
  namespace: aegislm
spec:
  podSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: aegislm
      component: api
  policyTypes:
    - Ingress
    - Egress
  ingress:
    # Allow ingress from ingress controller
    - from:
        - namespaceSelector:
            matchLabels:
              name: ingress-nginx
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8000
    # Allow ingress from dashboard
    - from:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: dashboard
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8000
  egress:
    # Allow egress to PostgreSQL
    - to:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: postgres
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 5432
    # Allow egress to Redis
    - to:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: redis
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 6379
    # Allow egress to worker pods
    - to:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: worker
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8001
    # Allow DNS
    - to:
        - namespaceSelector: {}
          podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              k8s-app: kube-dns
      ports:
        - protocol: UDP
          port: 53
    # Allow egress to model service (internal only)
    - to:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: model-service
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8002
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: worker-network-policy
  namespace: aegislm
spec:
  podSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: aegislm
      component: worker
  policyTypes:
    - Ingress
    - Egress
  ingress:
    # Allow ingress from API
    - from:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: api
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8001
  egress:
    # Allow egress to model service
    - to:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: model-service
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8002
    # Allow egress to object storage
    - to:
        - namespaceSelector: {}
          podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: minio
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 9000
    # Allow DNS
    - to:
        - namespaceSelector: {}
          podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              k8s-app: kube-dns
      ports:
        - protocol: UDP
          port: 53
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: model-service-network-policy
  namespace: aegislm
spec:
  podSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: aegislm
      component: model-service
  policyTypes:
    - Ingress
    - Egress
  ingress:
    # Only allow ingress from worker pods (internal only)
    - from:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: worker
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8002
  # No egress - model service is internal only
  egress: []
---
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: NetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: dashboard-network-policy
  namespace: aegislm
spec:
  podSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: aegislm
      component: dashboard
  policyTypes:
    - Ingress
    - Egress
  ingress:
    # Allow ingress from ingress controller
    - from:
        - namespaceSelector:
            matchLabels:
              name: ingress-nginx
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 3000
  egress:
    # Allow egress to API
    - to:
        - podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: aegislm
              component: api
      ports:
        - protocol: TCP
          port: 8000
    # Allow DNS
    - to:
        - namespaceSelector: {}
          podSelector:
            matchLabels:
              k8s-app: kube-dns
      ports:
        - protocol: UDP
          port: 53

---

Docker Security Enhancements

Enhanced Base Dockerfile

Update services/base/Dockerfile to use minimal base image:

dockerfile
# AegisLM Base Docker Image - Hardened Version
# Multi-Agent Adversarial LLM Evaluation Framework

# Use distroless base image for minimal attack surface
FROM gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian11:nonroot AS builder

# Build stage
FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS build

# Install build dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    build-essential \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Create virtual environment
RUN python -m venv /opt/venv
ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"

# Install Python dependencies
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r requirements.txt

# Final stage - distroless
FROM gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian11:nonroot

# Set environment variables
ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
    PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"

# Copy virtual environment from builder
COPY --from=build /opt/venv /opt/venv

# Copy application
WORKDIR /app
COPY --chown=nonroot:nonroot . /app

# Switch to non-root user (built into distroless)
USER nonroot

# Additional security: read-only filesystem
# (Requires tmpfs for /tmp and writeable mounts)
VOLUME ["/tmp", "/var/cache/pip"]

# Set no new privilege flag
ARG BUILD_DATE
ARG VCS_REF
LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE \
      org.label-schema.name="aegislm" \
      org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$VCS_REF \
      org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/aegislm/aegislm"

CMD ["python"]

Enhanced API Dockerfile

dockerfile
# AegisLM API Service Dockerfile
# Production-grade security hardened

# Build stage
FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS builder

ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
    PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1

WORKDIR /app

# Install dependencies
COPY requirements.txt .
RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --require-hashes -r requirements.txt

# Copy source
COPY . .

# Final stage
FROM gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian11:nonroot

# Security: No root
USER nonroot

WORKDIR /app

# Copy from builder
COPY --from=builder /opt/venv /opt/venv
COPY --from=builder --chown=nonroot:nonroot /app /app

ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"

# Security: Read-only filesystem preparation
# Use tmpfs for temporary files
TMPFS_SIZE=64m
ENV TMPFS_OPTS=size=${TMPFS_SIZE},mode=1777

# Expose port
EXPOSE 8000

# Health check
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
    CMD python -c "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://localhost:8000/health/live')"

# Run as non-root
USER nonroot

CMD ["python", "-m", "uvicorn", "backend.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

---

Container Runtime Security

Seccomp Profile

Create a custom seccomp profile in deployment/k8s/seccomp-profile.yaml:

yaml
# Custom seccomp profile for AegisLM
apiVersion: security.openshift.io/v1
kind: SecurityContextConstraints
metadata:
  name: aegislm-restricted
allowHostDirVolumePlugin: false
allowHostIPC: false
allowHostNetwork: false
allowHostPID: false
allowHostPorts: false
allowPrivilegedContainer: false
allowedCapabilities:
  - NET_BIND_SERVICE
defaultAddCapabilities: []
fsGroup:
  type: RunAsAny
priority: 10
readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
requiredDropCapabilities:
  - ALL
runAsUser:
  type: MustRunAs
  uid: 1000
seLinuxContext:
  type: MustRunAs
  seLinuxOptions:
    level: "s0:c123,c456"
seccompProfiles:
  - runtime/default
supplementalGroups:
  type: RunAsAny
volumes:
  - configMap
  - emptyDir
  - projected
  - secret
  - downwardAPI
  - persistentVolumeClaim

---

Runtime Security

Resource Limits (Already Implemented)

yaml
# In each deployment
resources:
  requests:
    cpu: 500m
    memory: 1Gi
    nvidia.com/gpu: 1  # For model service
  limits:
    cpu: 1000m
    memory: 2Gi
    nvidia.com/gpu: 1

Security Validation Tests

Create tests/test_container_security.py:

python
"""
Container Security Validation Tests
Tests that all security controls are properly configured
"""

import pytest
import yaml
from pathlib import Path


class TestContainerSecurity:
    """Test container security configurations."""
    
    @pytest.fixture
    def k8s_deployments(self):
        """Load Kubernetes deployment files."""
        deploy_dir = Path("deployment/k8s")
        deployments = {}
        
        for deploy_file in deploy_dir.glob("*-deployment.yaml"):
            with open(deploy_file) as f:
                doc = yaml.safe_load(f)
                deployments[deploy_file.stem] = doc
        
        return deployments
    
    def test_containers_run_as_non_root(self, k8s_deployments):
        """Verify all containers run as non-root user."""
        for name, deploy in k8s_deployments.items():
            spec = deploy.get("spec", {})
            template = spec.get("template", {})
            security_ctx = template.get("spec", {}).get("securityContext", {})
            
            assert security_ctx.get("runAsNonRoot") is True, \
                f"{name}: Container must run as non-root"
            assert security_ctx.get("runAsUser") == 1000, \
                f"{name}: Must run as user 1000"
    
    def test_containers_drop_all_capabilities(self, k8s_deployments):
        """Verify all containers drop all capabilities."""
        for name, deploy in k8s_deployments.items():
            spec = deploy.get("spec", {})
            template = spec.get("template", {})
            containers = template.get("spec", {}).get("containers", [])
            
            for container in containers:
                security_ctx = container.get("securityContext", {})
                capabilities = security_ctx.get("capabilities", {})
                dropped = capabilities.get("drop", [])
                
                assert "ALL" in dropped, \
                    f"{name}/{container['name']}: Must drop ALL capabilities"
    
    def test_no_privileged_containers(self, k8s_deployments):
        """Verify no containers run in privileged mode."""
        for name, deploy in k8s_deployments.items():
            spec = deploy.get("spec", {})
            template = spec.get("template", {})
            containers = template.get("spec", {}).get("containers", [])
            
            for container in containers:
                security_ctx = container.get("securityContext", {})
                
                assert security_ctx.get("allowPrivilegeEscalation") is False, \
                    f"{name}/{container['name']}: Must not allow privilege escalation"
    
    def test_read_only_root_filesystem(self, k8s_deployments):
        """Verify containers have read-only root filesystem."""
        for name, deploy in k8s_deployments.items():
            spec = deploy.get("spec", {})
            template = spec.get("template", {})
            containers = template.get("spec", {}).get("containers", [])
            
            for container in containers:
                security_ctx = container.get("securityContext", {})
                
                # Note: This will require tmpfs mounts for /tmp
                assert security_ctx.get("readOnlyRootFilesystem") is True, \
                    f"{name}/{container['name']}: Must have read-only root filesystem"
    
    def test_seccomp_profile_set(self, k8s_deployments):
        """Verify seccomp profile is set."""
        for name, deploy in k8s_deployments.items():
            spec = deploy.get("spec", {})
            template = spec.get("template", {})
            security_ctx = template.get("spec", {}).get("securityContext", {})
            
            seccomp = security_ctx.get("seccompProfile", {})
            assert seccomp.get("type") == "RuntimeDefault", \
                f"{name}: Must use RuntimeDefault seccomp profile"


class TestNetworkPolicies:
    """Test network policy configurations."""
    
    @pytest.fixture
    def network_policies(self):
        """Load network policy files."""
        policy_dir = Path("deployment/k8s")
        policies = {}
        
        for policy_file in policy_dir.glob("network-policy*.yaml"):
            with open(policy_file) as f:
                # Handle multiple documents
                for doc in yaml.safe_load_all(f):
                    if doc:
                        name = doc.get("metadata", {}).get("name")
                        policies[name] = doc
        
        return policies
    
    def test_api_has_ingress_policy(self, network_policies):
        """Verify API has ingress network policy."""
        assert "api-network-policy" in network_policies, \
            "API must have network policy"
        
        policy = network_policies["api-network-policy"]
        assert "Ingress" in policy.get("policyTypes", []), \
            "API must have ingress policy"
    
    def test_model_service_internal_only(self, network_policies):
        """Verify model service is internal only."""
        if "model-service-network-policy" not in network_policies:
            pytest.skip("Model service network policy not defined")
        
        policy = network_policies["model-service-network-policy"]
        ingress = policy.get("spec", {}).get("ingress", [])
        
        # Model service should not have public ingress
        # Should only allow from worker pods
        assert len(ingress) <= 1, \
            "Model service should have limited ingress"
    
    def test_all_pods_have_policies(self, network_policies):
        """Verify all critical components have network policies."""
        required_policies = [
            "api-network-policy",
            "worker-network-policy",
            "dashboard-network-policy",
        ]
        
        for policy_name in required_policies:
            assert policy_name in network_policies, \
                f"Required network policy {policy_name} not found"


class TestDockerfileSecurity:
    """Test Dockerfile security configurations."""
    
    @pytest.fixture
    def dockerfiles(self):
        """Load Dockerfile content."""
        dockerfiles = {}
        
        for dockerfile_path in Path("services").rglob("Dockerfile"):
            with open(dockerfile_path) as f:
                dockerfiles[dockerfile_path.name] = f.read()
        
        return dockerfiles
    
    def test_no_root_user_in_dockerfile(self, dockerfiles):
        """Verify Dockerfiles don't use root user."""
        for name, content in dockerfiles.items():
            # Check for USER root
            lines = content.split("\n")
            for line in lines:
                if line.strip().startswith("USER") and "root" in line.lower():
                    pytest.fail(f"{name}: Should not use root user")
    
    def test_no_latest_tag(self, dockerfiles):
        """Verify no 'latest' tag is used."""
        for name, content in dockerfiles.items():
            lines = content.split("\n")
            for line in lines:
                if line.strip().startswith("FROM"):
                    if ":latest" in line.lower():
                        pytest.fail(f"{name}: Should not use :latest tag")

---

Secrets Management

External Secrets

yaml
# deployment/k8s/external-secrets.yaml
apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: ClusterSecretStore
metadata:
  name: aegislm-vault
spec:
  provider:
    vault:
      server: "https://vault.example.com:8200"
      path: "secret"
      version: "v2"
      auth:
        kubernetes:
          mountPath: kubernetes
---
apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
kind: ExternalSecret
metadata:
  name: aegislm-secrets
  namespace: aegislm
spec:
  refreshInterval: 1h
  secretStoreRef:
    name: aegislm-vault
    kind: ClusterSecretStore
  target:
    name: aegislm-secrets
    creationPolicy: Owner
  data:
    - secretKey: DATABASE_URL
      remoteRef:
        key: aegislm/database
        property: url
    - secretKey: API_SECRET_KEY
      remoteRef:
        key: aegislm/api
        property: secret_key

---

Compliance Mapping

Control	NIST 800-53	ISO 27001	PCI DSS
Non-root containers	AC-3	A.9.1	Req 7.1
Read-only filesystem	AC-3	A.9.1	Req 7.1
Drop capabilities	AC-3	A.9.1	-
Network segmentation	AC-4	A.13.1	Req 1.3
Secrets management	IA-5	A.9.4	Req 3.4

---

Security Audit Commands

bash
# Check container security context
kubectl get pods -n aegislm -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.spec.securityContext.runAsNonRoot}{"\n"}{end}'

# Check network policies
kubectl get networkpolicies -n aegislm

# Check for privileged containers
kubectl get pods -n aegislm -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\t"}{.spec.containers[*].securityContext.privileged}{"\n"}{end}'

# Run security tests
pytest tests/test_container_security.py -v

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References

• NIST 800-53 Security Controls
• Kubernetes Pod Security Standards
• CIS Docker Benchmark
• Distroless Docker Images