Cluster-to-cloud lateral movement
Node IAM roles or pod metadata used to reach cloud accounts
categoryCloud, container and supply chain attacksseverityHighdetectabilityHighlabnot yet measured
Classification
24 values: 7 imported, 2 derived, 15 machine-classified. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Credential attacksMisconfiguration |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Medium |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | Medium |
| Maturity | Established |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | ConfidentialityIntegrity |
| Platform | IaaS |
| Environment | CloudHybrid |
| Target asset class | IdentityServer |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Credential Access |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | High |
|---|---|
| Testability | Atomic Red Team test |
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Network Connection CreationNetwork Traffic Content |
Detection & response
Mitigated by 14
- M1035 attack-mitigation
- M1037 attack-mitigation
- M1042 attack-mitigation
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Detected by 1
- DET0001 attack-detection-strategy
Tested by 3
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Attack relationships
- Parent: API key / secret leakage
- Parent: CI/CD credential hygiene failures
Framework references
- Primary source: https://kubernetes-top10.owasp.org/
- owasp-k8s: K08 (primary)
- attack: T1552.005
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Cloud, container and supply chain attacks' table, line 414 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (Seeded-record enrichment run 2026-09-30 (crosswalk + facet classification)) — Crosswalk to attack:T1552.005 as the nearest framework entries; ids verified to exist in the cached catalogues.
- ev-0003 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 6 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)