- Analyzer
- textscan
- Category
- Infrastructure as code
- Default severity
- HIGH
- CWE
- CWE-250
- Execution
- Passive
- Authentication
- Not required
- Applicability
- yaml
- Availability
- stable
What it detects
Kubernetes pod runs with privileged: true: an infrastructure as code check run by the textscan analyzer.
Evidence
The matching source path, line, and bounded code observation produced by the native rule.
Remediation
Drop `privileged: true`. If a workload genuinely needs host capabilities, use `securityContext.capabilities.add` with the minimum set.
Limitations
This check is limited to the applicability and evidence delivered by textscan. Review the evidence in context; a match is a finding input, while confidence and policy determine its disposition.
Related reference
Analyzer Registry · Findings and release decisions · Policy and confidence
Checks sharing a CWE
Remediation guidance: Remediation and fix verification · Baselines and suppressions