Cloud & Containers

Test cloud infrastructure and container environments for security misconfigurations and exploitation paths.

Techniques

| Platform | Key Vectors | |----------|-------------| | AWS | S3 bucket exposure, IAM misconfig, metadata service, Lambda abuse | | Azure | Blob storage, RBAC flaws, managed identity, App Service misconfig | | GCP | Cloud Storage, service account keys, metadata server, IAM | | Docker | Container escape, privileged mode, socket exposure, image vulnerabilities | | Kubernetes | RBAC bypass, secret exposure, pod escape, API server access |

Workflow

1. Enumerate cloud resources and services
2. Test IAM/RBAC configurations
3. Check storage and secrets exposure
4. Test container isolation and escape paths
5. Document findings with cloud-specific evidence

Two lanes — attack vs assess

This skill covers both, and they are different jobs producing different artifacts. Do not mix them in one deliverable.

| Lane | You have | You produce | Start at | |---|---|---|---| | Offensive | a cloud target to attack | exploited findings with a PoC | reference/INDEX.md | | Posture | read-only credentials and a "review the configuration" ask | one evidenced verdict per control in a pinned catalogue | reference/posture/INDEX.md |

Reference

• reference/INDEX.md - Router for platform-specific attack scenarios (AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, K8s)
• reference/posture/INDEX.md - Credentialed read-only configuration review (CSPM): run order, verdict vocabulary, the four false-pass traps, pinned catalogues, and the licensing rule for benchmark-derived content