Offensive K8s Attacks
Kubernetes cluster attack techniques covering the full attack lifecycle from initial foothold in a pod to cluster-wide compromise. Covers service account token theft and impersonation, RBAC misconfiguration exploitation including wildcard permissions and privilege escalation via role binding, direct etcd access for secret extraction, kubelet API abuse on port 10250 and read-only port 10255, pod escape via hostPID hostNetwork and hostPath volume mounts, Kubernetes secrets enumeration and decoding, admission controller bypass techniques, network policy bypass and lateral movement, cloud metadata service access from pods for credential theft on AWS EKS GCP GKE and Azure AKS, CRD and operator abuse for persistence, and node compromise via DaemonSet deployment. Tools include kubectl, kube-hunter, peirates, kubeaudit, kdigger, kubeletctl. Maps to MITRE ATT&CK T1609 Container Administration Command, T1610 Deploy Container, T1613 Container and Resource Discovery. Use this skill when assessing Kubernetes clusters, attacking from within a compromised pod, exploiting RBAC or kubelet misconfigurations, or performing cloud-native lateral movement.
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From the source SKILL.md
You have access to a Kubernetes environment, either through a compromised pod, stolen kubeconfig, or exposed API server. Your objective is to escalate privileges, move laterally, and compromise the cluster or underlying cloud infrastructure. Kubernetes security depends on RBAC policies, network policies, admission controllers, pod security standards, and cloud IAM integration. Each misconfiguration opens a path to deeper access. This skill covers systematic enumeration, privilege escalation, secret extraction, and cluster-wide compromise techniques.
What this skill does
Offensive K8s Attacks is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the identity-access sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Offensive K8s Attacks Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\offensive-k8s-attacks\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Offensive K8s Attacks Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Offensive K8s Attacks skill do?
Kubernetes cluster attack techniques covering the full attack lifecycle from initial foothold in a pod to cluster-wide compromise. Covers service account token theft and impersonation, RBAC misconfiguration exploitation including wildcard permissions and privilege escalation via role binding, direct etcd access for secret extraction, kubelet API abuse on port 10250 and read-only port 10255, pod escape via hostPID hostNetwork and hostPath volume mounts, Kubernetes secrets enumeration and decoding, admission controller bypass techniques, network policy bypass and lateral movement, cloud metadata service access from pods for credential theft on AWS EKS GCP GKE and Azure AKS, CRD and operator abuse for persistence, and node compromise via DaemonSet deployment. Tools include kubectl, kube-hunter, peirates, kubeaudit, kdigger, kubeletctl. Maps to MITRE ATT&CK T1609 Container Administration Command, T1610 Deploy Container, T1613 Container and Resource Discovery. Use this skill when assessing Kubernetes clusters, attacking from within a compromised pod, exploiting RBAC or kubelet misconfigurations, or performing cloud-native lateral movement.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Offensive K8s Attacks skill?
Use Offensive K8s Attacks when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the identity access area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Offensive K8s Attacks" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/security/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Offensive K8s Attacks skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Offensive K8s Attacks is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
SnailSploit. (2026). Offensive K8s Attacks [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/
BibTeX
@misc{offensive-k8s-attacks-2026,
author = {SnailSploit},
title = {Offensive K8s Attacks [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/offensive-k8s-attacks/}
}
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Security scan
Grade C · scanned 2026-10-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
The scan flagged 5 of 10 categories (data-exfil, filesystem, network, reverse-shell, supply-chain), including a critical-severity pattern. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.
- ✓ Prompt injection
- ⚠ Data exfiltration
- ⚠ Supply chain
- ⚠ Reverse shell
- ✓ Credentials
- ✓ Execution
- ⚠ Filesystem
- ✓ Persistence
- ✓ Obfuscation
- ⚠ Network
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