Persistence: Service Account Created in sensitive namespace

This document describes a threat finding type in Security Command Center. Threat findings are generated by threat detectors when they detect a potential threat in your cloud resources. For a full list of available threat findings, see Threat findings index.

Finding description

Someone created a service account in a sensitive namespace. Thekube-system and kube-public namespaces are critical for GKE cluster operations, and unauthorized service accounts could compromise cluster stability and security.

If the service account is unauthorized, delete it and investigate the method of creation.

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