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# Prefer Secrets Files Over Secrets Environment Variables

### More Info:

Kubernetes supports mounting secrets as data volumes or as environment variables. Minimize the use of environment variable secrets.

### Risk Level

High

### Address

Security

### Compliance Standards

* CIS Kubernetes

### Triage and Remediation

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Remediation">
    ### Remediation

    <AccordionGroup>
      <Accordion title="Using Console" defaultOpen="true">
        Run the following command to find references to objects which use environment variables defined from secrets: `kubectl get all -o jsonpath='{range .items[?(@..secretKeyRef)]} {.kind} {.metadata.name} {"\n"}{end}' -A`
      </Accordion>
    </AccordionGroup>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Additional Reading:

* [https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#using-secrets](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/secret/#using-secrets)