Kubernetes AppOps Security Part 2: Using Network Policies (2/2) - Advanced Topics and Tricks
In a Kubernetes cluster, everything (nodes, pods, Kubelets, etc.) can communicate with each other by default. If an attacker succeeds in exploiting a security vulnerability in one of the applications, he can easily expand his attack to all underlying systems in the same cluster. You can restrict this vulnerability using the on-board network policy features found in Kubernetes.