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Kubescape

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) · Runtime & Kubernetes Protection

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Open SourceFoundationCNCF Incubating

Kubescape scans clusters, manifests and Helm charts, prioritizes risks and generates network policies and seccomp profiles from observed behavior.

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What it does5 capabilities · 2 at full coverage

2 of 5 at full coverage, 1 that nothing else provides.

Container Image Vulnerability ScanningPartialCONTAINER · level 2 · 20 providers
Kubernetes Manifest & Helm Chart ScanningFullIAC · level 2 · 6 providers
Kubernetes RBAC & Service Account Least PrivilegePartialK8S · level 3 · only provider
Kubernetes Security Posture ManagementFullK8S · level 3 · 9 providers
Runtime Threat DetectionPartialK8S · level 3 · 14 providers

What it proves22 controls across 9 frameworks

Satisfied through its capabilities, not claimed by the vendor.

CNAS Top 105 / 10CNAS-1 CNAS-10 CNAS-3 CNAS-7 CNAS-9
CSF 2.05 / 106DE.AE-02 DE.CM-09 ID.RA-01 PR.AA-05 PR.PS-01
CIS Controls4 / 18CIS 13 CIS 4 CIS 6 CIS 7
DSOMM3 / 19IG-Monitoring TV-Dynamic-Depth-Infrastructure TV-Static-Depth-Infrastructure
CIS Benchmarks1 / 6CIS Kubernetes Benchmark
CRA1 / 41Annex I Part I (2)(a)
OWASP Top 101 / 10A02:2025
SAMM 2.01 / 90O-EM-1-B
SSDF 1.11 / 42RV.1.1

What it stops9 techniques · 2 risks

9 techniques countered, 9 of them common

Command and Scripting InterpreterT1059Very Common
Exploitation of Known Vulnerable ComponentVery Common
Valid AccountsT1078Very Common
Container Administration CommandT1609Common
Container and Resource DiscoveryT1613Common
Escape to HostT1611Common
Exposed Kubernetes Control InterfaceCommon
Resource HijackingT1496Common
Unsecured Credentials: Container APIT1552.007Common

2 risks reduced

Container or Kubernetes workload compromise goes undetectedHigh
Exploitable vulnerabilities in container base imagesHigh

Where it runs5 phases · 2 ways to deploy

Capabilities per lifecycle phase

Code1
Build2
Release1
Deploy1
Operate4

How it is delivered

CLI toolKubernetes operator or controller

What it unlocks6 activities · reaches level 5

Program activities its capabilities support, reaching level 5. Supporting an activity is not completing it.

Level 1

Benchmark cluster configurationLow effort
Scan container imagesLow effort
Scan infrastructure codeLow effort

Level 2

Enforce Pod Security Standards and RBAC least privilegeMedium effort

Level 3

Runtime detection and network segmentationMedium effort

Level 5

Automated containment and zero-trust workloadsHigh effort

How it holds up

Not assessed yet: no strengths, limits or evaluation scores. 47 of 340 products carry an assessment and 29 are scored.

What it costsOpen source (free) · free tier

LicensingOpen source (free)

Priced pernone

BillingFree

Scales withOperating effort only

Total cost

No license cost, but self-support, upgrades, scaling and integration effort must be budgeted as personnel cost.

What it takes to run

No staffing, rollout time or operational commitment recorded.

What it works with

No supported language, standard, integration or named feature recorded.

What else to look at

No alternative, competitor or family sibling is modeled for it.

What backs this up

No measurement, incident or pipeline using it.

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