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Use RBAC permissions rather than ABAC

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HIGHMEDIUMGoogle Cloud ProviderPERMISSION

Description

The Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) in GKE is not recommended. Use Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) instead.

Impact

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ABAC is considered a legacy authorization method, using it may lead to unwanted behaviors such as unauthorized resource access.

Remediation guidelines

Disable ABAC, Attribute-Based Access Control, and instead use RBAC, Role-Based Access Control.

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