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Kubernetes Guardrails - Host Network

Host Network

k8s.host-network

Fails when workload PodSpecs set hostNetwork: true. Sharing the host's network namespace bypasses NetworkPolicy enforcement, exposes node-local services to the pod, and gives a compromised container direct access to the node's interfaces (and any cleartext traffic on them). Legitimate hostNetwork users (CNI agents, node-local proxies, host-bound exporters) can opt out via include/exclude in lunar-config.yml.

hostNetwork network namespace NetworkPolicy bypass container escape least privilege

Compatible Integrations

This guardrail works with the following integrations. Click to see how to use Host Network with each collector.

Enable This Guardrail

Add the parent policy to your lunar-config.yml to enable this guardrail.

📄 lunar-config.yml
policies:
  - uses: github://earthly/lunar-lib/policies/k8s@v1.0.5
    include: [host-network]
    # with: ...

How This Guardrail Works

This guardrail is part of the Kubernetes Guardrails policy. It evaluates data collected by integrations and produces a pass/fail check with actionable feedback.

When enabled, this check runs automatically on every PR and in AI coding workflows, providing real-time enforcement of your engineering standards.

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Integrations Gather Data
Collectors extract metadata from code, CI pipelines, tool outputs, and scans
2
{ } Centralized as JSON
All data merged into each component's unified metadata document
3
This Guardrail Checks Current
Host Network runs and provides pass/fail feedback

Configuration Options

These inputs can be configured in your lunar-config.yml to customize how the parent policy (and this guardrail) behaves.

Input Required Default Description
min_replicas Optional 3 Minimum replicas required for HPAs (default 3)
max_limit_to_request_ratio Optional 4 Maximum ratio of limits to requests for CPU/memory (default 4)
min_kubectl_version Optional 1.28 Minimum kubectl version required in CI (semver, e.g. "1.28")
Kubernetes Guardrails

Kubernetes Guardrails

This guardrail is part of the Kubernetes Guardrails policy, which includes 11 guardrails for deployment and infrastructure.

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