Audit Annotations

This page serves as a reference for the audit annotations of the kubernetes.io namespace. These annotations apply to Event object from API group audit.k8s.io.

pod-security.kubernetes.io/exempt

Example: pod-security.kubernetes.io/exempt: namespace

Value must be one of user, namespace, or runtimeClass which correspond to Pod Security Exemption dimensions. This annotation indicates on which dimension was based the exemption from the PodSecurity enforcement.

pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-policy

Example: pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-policy: restricted:latest

Value must be privileged:<version>, baseline:<version>, restricted:<version> which correspond to Pod Security Standard levels accompanied by a version which must be latest or a valid Kubernetes version in the format v<MAJOR>.<MINOR>. This annotations informs about the enforcement level that allowed or denied the pod during PodSecurity admission.

See Pod Security Standards for more information.

pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit-violations

Example: pod-security.kubernetes.io/audit-violations: would violate PodSecurity "restricted:latest": allowPrivilegeEscalation != false (container "example" must set securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation=false), ...

Value details an audit policy violation, it contains the Pod Security Standard level that was transgressed as well as the specific policies on the fields that were violated from the PodSecurity enforcement.

See Pod Security Standards for more information.

authorization.k8s.io/decision

Example: authorization.k8s.io/decision: "forbid"

This annotation indicates whether or not a request was authorized in Kubernetes audit logs.

See Auditing for more information.

authorization.k8s.io/reason

Example: authorization.k8s.io/reason: "Human-readable reason for the decision"

This annotation gives reason for the decision in Kubernetes audit logs.

See Auditing for more information.