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Kubernetes penetration testing playbook. Use when targeting Kubernetes clusters via API server, RBAC enumeration, service account abuse, etcd access, Kubelet API, pod escape, cloud-specific metadata, admission webhook bypass, and registry secrets.

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# SKILL: Kubernetes Pentesting — Expert Attack Playbook

> **AI LOAD INSTRUCTION**: Expert Kubernetes attack techniques. Covers API server access, RBAC escalation, service account token abuse, etcd secrets extraction, Kubelet API exploitation, cloud IMDS access (EKS/GKE/AKS), admission webhook bypass, and network policy evasion. Base models miss the distinction between namespace-scoped and cluster-scoped RBAC, and overlook Kubelet's unauthenticated API.

## 0. RELATED ROUTING

Before going deep, consider loading:

- [container-escape-techniques](../container-escape-techniques/SKILL.md) for escaping from a compromised pod to the underlying node
- [linux-privilege-escalation](../linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md) once on a node for escalating to root
- [linux-lateral-movement](../linux-lateral-movement/SKILL.md) for pivoting between nodes
- [linux-security-bypass](../linux-security-bypass/SKILL.md) when Pod Security Standards or seccomp profiles restrict your actions
- [ssrf-server-side-request-forgery](../ssrf-server-side-request-forgery/SKILL.md) when exploiting SSRF to reach the K8s API or cloud metadata