apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1 kind: ClusterPolicy metadata: name: disallow-privileged annotations: policies.kyverno.io/category: Security policies.kyverno.io/description: Privileged containers are defined as any container where the container uid 0 is mapped to the host’s uid 0. A process within a privileged container can get unrestricted host access. With `securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation` enabled, a process can gain privileges from its parent. spec: rules: - name: validate-privileged match: resources: kinds: - Pod validate: message: "Privileged mode is not allowed. Set privileged to false" pattern: spec: containers: - =(securityContext): =(privileged): false - name: validate-allowPrivilegeEscalation match: resources: kinds: - Pod validate: message: "Privileged mode is not allowed. Set allowPrivilegeEscalation to false" pattern: spec: containers: - securityContext: allowPrivilegeEscalation: false