C1: drop CC: prefixes from mutelist entries; remove CC tooling

Strips the "CC: <id>." prefix from every Description field in the
Prowler mutelist YAML files (and the statement field in trivyignore).
Each entry's free-form description now stands on its own.

Deletes compensating-controls.yaml (the CC registry) and the
review-compensating-controls mise task. Updates
review-compliance-reports to drop CC references from docstrings,
panel text, and table titles. Node verification logic is unchanged.

argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/apiserver.yaml

@@ -6,48 +6,48 @@ Mutelist:
         "apiserver_always_pull_images_plugin":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: single-user-cluster, local-registry. Only the operator has cluster access; all images pulled from private zot registry."
+          Description: "Only the operator has cluster access; all images pulled from private zot registry."
         "apiserver_audit_log_maxage_set":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: observability-stack-audit. Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
+          Description: "Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
         "apiserver_audit_log_maxbackup_set":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: observability-stack-audit. Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
+          Description: "Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
         "apiserver_audit_log_maxsize_set":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: observability-stack-audit. Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
+          Description: "Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
         "apiserver_audit_log_path_set":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: observability-stack-audit. Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
+          Description: "Alloy/Loki provides pod-level audit trail."
         "apiserver_deny_service_external_ips":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. No external IPs routable; cluster only reachable via tailnet."
+          Description: "No external IPs routable; cluster only reachable via tailnet."
         "apiserver_disable_profiling":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. Profiling endpoint unreachable from public internet."
+          Description: "Profiling endpoint unreachable from public internet."
         "apiserver_encryption_provider_config_set":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation, single-user-cluster. Etcd not network-exposed; only operator has node access."
+          Description: "Etcd not network-exposed; only operator has node access."
         "apiserver_kubelet_cert_auth":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. Kubelet API not exposed outside the node; minikube auto-generates certificates."
+          Description: "Kubelet API not exposed outside the node; minikube auto-generates certificates."
         "apiserver_request_timeout_set":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. API server only reachable via tailnet; DoS risk limited to trusted clients."
+          Description: "API server only reachable via tailnet; DoS risk limited to trusted clients."
         "apiserver_service_account_lookup_true":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: single-user-cluster. Only operator manages service accounts; no revoked tokens in circulation."
+          Description: "Only operator manages service accounts; no revoked tokens in circulation."
         "apiserver_strong_ciphers_only":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-apiserver-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. API server traffic encrypted by WireGuard at the network layer."
+          Description: "API server traffic encrypted by WireGuard at the network layer."

argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/control-plane.yaml

@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ Mutelist:
         "controllermanager_disable_profiling":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-controller-manager-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. Profiling endpoint unreachable from public internet."
+          Description: "Profiling endpoint unreachable from public internet."
         "scheduler_profiling":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kube-scheduler-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation. Profiling endpoint unreachable from public internet."
+          Description: "Profiling endpoint unreachable from public internet."
         "kubelet_tls_cert_and_key":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: tailscale-network-isolation, single-user-cluster. Kubelet API not exposed outside node; minikube auto-generates certificates."
+          Description: "Kubelet API not exposed outside node; minikube auto-generates certificates."

argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/core-pod-security.yaml

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ Mutelist:
             - "^kindnet-"
             - "^storage-provisioner$"
           Description: >-
-            CC: tailscale-network-isolation. Control-plane and networking
+            Control-plane and networking pods require hostNetwork by design.
-            pods require hostNetwork by design. Host network itself is
+            Host network itself is only reachable via tailnet.
-            only reachable via tailnet.
         "core_minimize_privileged_containers":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ Mutelist:
             # Forgejo runner
             - "^forgejo-runner-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster, operator-managed-pods, trusted-ci-only.
             kube-proxy: system pod, single-user cluster. ts-*/ingress-*:
             Tailscale operator-managed. forgejo-runner: DinD limited to
             trusted private forge repos.
@@ -49,25 +47,24 @@ Mutelist:
             - "^nameserver-"
             - "^ingress-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster, operator-managed-pods. System pods
+            System pods managed by minikube and Tailscale operator;
-            managed by minikube and Tailscale operator; seccomp profiles
+            seccomp profiles set by upstream. Single-user cluster limits
-            set by upstream. Single-user cluster limits exploit surface.
+            exploit surface.
         "core_minimize_hostPID_containers":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
             - "^prowler-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: ephemeral-privileged-jobs. Prowler CIS scanner requires
+            Prowler CIS scanner requires hostPID for file permission
-            hostPID for file permission checks. Runs as CronJob with
+            checks. Runs as CronJob with 7-day TTL, not a persistent
-            7-day TTL, not a persistent workload.
+            workload.
         "core_minimize_root_containers_admission":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
             - "^grafana-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: init-container-isolation. Root limited to init-chown-data
+            Root limited to init-chown-data container; all runtime
-            container; all runtime containers run as UID 472 with caps
+            containers run as UID 472 with caps dropped.
-            dropped.
         "core_minimize_containers_added_capabilities":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
@@ -77,10 +74,9 @@ Mutelist:
             # Grafana init-chown-data
             - "^grafana-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster, init-container-isolation. System
+            System pods: capabilities required by function
-            pods: capabilities required by function (minikube-managed).
+            (minikube-managed). Grafana: CHOWN limited to init phase;
-            Grafana: CHOWN limited to init phase; runtime containers
+            runtime containers drop ALL.
-            drop ALL.
         "core_minimize_containers_capabilities_assigned":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
@@ -88,5 +84,4 @@ Mutelist:
             - "^kindnet-"
             - "^grafana-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster, init-container-isolation. See
+            See core_minimize_containers_added_capabilities.
-            core_minimize_containers_added_capabilities.

argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/manual-node-checks.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Node-level and RBAC checks that Prowler reports as MANUAL because it
-# cannot evaluate them from inside a pod. Compensated by automated
+# cannot evaluate them from inside a pod. Verified out-of-band by the
-# verification in `mise run review-compliance-reports`, which SSHes into
+# node-verification block in `mise run review-compliance-reports`, which
-# the minikube node and checks each condition directly every week.
+# SSHes into the minikube node and checks each condition directly.
 Mutelist:
   Accounts:
     "*":
@@ -9,51 +9,51 @@ Mutelist:
         "etcd_unique_ca":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^etcd-minikube$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. Etcd CA fingerprint verified different from cluster CA by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "Etcd CA fingerprint verified different from cluster CA by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_conf_file_ownership":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. File ownership verified root:root by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "File ownership verified root:root by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_conf_file_permissions":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. File permissions verified 600 by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "File permissions verified 600 by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_config_yaml_ownership":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. File ownership verified root:root by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "File ownership verified root:root by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_config_yaml_permissions":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. File permissions verified 644 by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "File permissions verified 644 by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_service_file_ownership_root":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. File ownership verified root:root by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "File ownership verified root:root by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_service_file_permissions":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. File permissions verified 644 by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "File permissions verified 644 by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_disable_read_only_port":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. readOnlyPort absence (defaults to 0) verified by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "readOnlyPort absence (defaults to 0) verified by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_event_record_qps":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. eventRecordQPS absence (defaults to 5) verified by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "eventRecordQPS absence (defaults to 5) verified by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_manage_iptables":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification. makeIPTablesUtilChains absence (defaults to true) verified by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "makeIPTablesUtilChains absence (defaults to true) verified by review-compliance-reports."
         "kubelet_strong_ciphers_only":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources: ["^kubelet-config$"]
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification, tailscale-network-isolation. Go default ciphers used; all traffic WireGuard-encrypted via tailnet."
+          Description: "Go default ciphers used; all traffic WireGuard-encrypted via tailnet."
         "rbac_cluster_admin_usage":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
             - "^cluster-admin$"
             - "^kubeadm:cluster-admins$"
             - "^minikube-rbac$"
-          Description: "CC: node-config-automated-verification, single-user-cluster. Only built-in/minikube cluster-admin bindings present; verified by review-compliance-reports."
+          Description: "Only built-in/minikube cluster-admin bindings present; verified by review-compliance-reports."

argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/rbac.yaml

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ Mutelist:
             # ArgoCD
             - "^argocd-"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster, sso-gated-admin-tools. Built-in
+            Built-in K8s roles: only operator can bind them. ArgoCD:
-            K8s roles: only operator can bind them. ArgoCD: requires
+            requires broad access but is SSO-gated via Authentik OIDC.
-            broad access but is SSO-gated via Authentik OIDC.
         "rbac_minimize_pod_creation_access":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
@@ -26,14 +25,12 @@ Mutelist:
             # CloudNativePG operator
             - "^cnpg-manager$"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster. Built-in K8s roles and CNPG
+            Built-in K8s roles and CNPG operator. Only the operator can
-            operator. Only the operator can assign these roles; no
+            assign these roles; no untrusted users have cluster access.
-            untrusted users have cluster access.
         "rbac_minimize_service_account_token_creation":
           Regions: ["*"]
           Resources:
             - "^system:"
           Description: >-
-            CC: single-user-cluster. kube-controller-manager requires
+            kube-controller-manager requires token creation for SA
-            token creation for SA management. Only operator manages
+            management. Only operator manages service accounts.
-            service accounts.

argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/trivyignore.yaml

@@ -14,26 +14,24 @@ misconfigurations:
     paths:
       - "argocd/manifests/external-secrets/rbac.yaml"
     statement: >-
-      CC: operator-purpose-bound-rbac. external-secrets-operator's entire
+      external-secrets-operator's entire function is to read and
-      function is to read and synthesize Secret objects; ClusterRole over
+      synthesize Secret objects; ClusterRole over secrets is its
-      secrets is its purpose. Both the controller and cert-controller are
+      purpose. Both the controller and cert-controller are
       upstream-defined.
   - id: KSV-0041
     paths:
       - "argocd/manifests/kube-state-metrics/rbac.yaml"
       - "argocd/manifests/kube-state-metrics-ringtail/rbac.yaml"
     statement: >-
-      CC: kube-state-metrics-metadata-only. KSM exposes only Secret
+      KSM exposes only Secret metadata (name, namespace, type, labels),
-      metadata (name, namespace, type, labels), never the data field.
+      never the data field. list/watch on secrets is required for
-      list/watch on secrets is required for kube_secret_info /
+      kube_secret_info / kube_secret_labels metrics.
-      kube_secret_labels metrics.
   - id: KSV-0114
     paths:
       - "argocd/manifests/external-secrets/rbac.yaml"
     statement: >-
-      CC: operator-purpose-bound-rbac. cert-controller manages the
+      cert-controller manages the external-secrets validating webhook
-      external-secrets validating webhook configurations to inject its
+      configurations to inject its own rotating CA bundle. RBAC is
-      own rotating CA bundle. RBAC is scoped to two named webhooks
+      scoped to two named webhooks (secretstore-validate,
-      (secretstore-validate, externalsecret-validate) via resourceNames;
+      externalsecret-validate) via resourceNames; KSV-0114 doesn't see
-      KSV-0114 doesn't see the resourceNames restriction so reports the
+      the resourceNames restriction so reports the full ClusterRole.
-      full ClusterRole.

compensating-controls.yaml

@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-# Compensating Controls
-#
-# Documents controls that mitigate risks from suppressed or accepted security
-# findings. Referenced by security tools (Prowler mutelist, Kingfisher config,
-# etc.) via "CC: <id>" in finding descriptions or suppression notes.
-#
-# Used by `mise run review-compensating-controls` to surface stale controls.
-#
-# Fields:
-#   id              - kebab-case unique identifier, referenced from tool configs
-#   description     - what the control actually does to mitigate risk
-#   created         - date (YYYY-MM-DD) the control was documented
-#   last-reviewed   - date (YYYY-MM-DD) or null
-#   notes           - optional context
-
-controls:
-  - id: single-user-cluster
-    description: >-
-      Only the cluster operator (eblume) has kubectl access. No untrusted
-      users can create pods, access cached images, or bind RBAC roles.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-01
-    notes: >-
-      Verify by checking kubeconfig distribution and Tailscale ACLs.
-      If additional users gain cluster access, re-evaluate all findings
-      muted under this control.
-
-  - id: tailscale-network-isolation
-    description: >-
-      Cluster is not internet-exposed. All access requires Tailscale
-      identity with ACL enforcement. Profiling endpoints, debug ports,
-      and control-plane APIs are unreachable from the public internet.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-06
-    notes: >-
-      Verify with 'tailscale serve status --json' on indri and review
-      Tailscale ACLs in pulumi/tailscale/. Only tag:flyio-target services
-      are publicly routable.
-
-  - id: local-registry
-    description: >-
-      Operator-built services use a private zot registry
-      (registry.ops.eblu.me) for supply-chain control. Remaining
-      images are pulled from public registries without stored
-      credentials. No shared registry secrets are cached on cluster
-      nodes.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-12
-    notes: >-
-      Verify by checking image prefixes in kustomization.yaml files.
-      Known external-image categories: (1) upstream apps not yet
-      mirrored — immich, ollama, frigate, frigate-notify, valkey;
-      (2) infrastructure components — tailscale operator/proxy,
-      external-secrets, 1password-connect, forgejo-runner, docker
-      DinD, nvidia-device-plugin; (3) utility base images — busybox,
-      alpine (grafana init containers). Track upstream versions in
-      service-versions.yaml. Goal is to progressively mirror these
-      into zot.
-
-  - id: sso-gated-admin-tools
-    description: >-
-      ArgoCD requires SSO authentication via Authentik OIDC. Wildcard
-      RBAC roles are mitigated by requiring authenticated identity
-      before any API access.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-14
-    notes: >-
-      Verify Authentik OIDC provider config for ArgoCD and that
-      anonymous access is disabled. Check ArgoCD --auth-token isn't
-      leaked. The workflow-bot API key account is scoped to sync/get
-      only.
-
-  - id: operator-managed-pods
-    description: >-
-      Tailscale operator manages proxy pod specs (ts-*, ingress-*,
-      operator-*, nameserver-*). Pod security settings are set by the
-      operator, not user manifests. Operator is tracked in
-      service-versions.yaml and regularly updated.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-21
-    notes: >-
-      Verify operator version is current via 'mise run service-review'.
-      Check Tailscale changelog for security fixes. If operator adds
-      seccomp support, remove these mutes. As of 2026-04-21: still no
-      default seccomp on operator-generated pods (upstream issue #7359
-      open). A ProxyClass + generic device plugin can downgrade proxies
-      from privileged to NET_ADMIN+NET_RAW and set seccompProfile —
-      potential future remediation to remove the seccomp mute without
-      waiting for upstream defaults.
-
-  - id: ephemeral-privileged-jobs
-    description: >-
-      Prowler CIS scanner runs as a CronJob with 7-day TTL
-      auto-deletion, not as a persistent privileged workload. hostPID
-      exposure is time-bounded to scan duration (~20s).
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-29
-    notes: >-
-      Verify TTL is set in cronjob.yaml. Check that no persistent
-      pods run with hostPID on the scanned cluster (indri). The
-      alloy-tracing DaemonSet on ringtail also uses hostPID but is
-      out of scope — Prowler only scans indri. Tracked in Todoist:
-      "prowler scan against ringtail" — once that lands, the
-      DaemonSet's hostPID+privileged posture will surface as a CIS
-      finding and need its own CC or remediation.
-
-  - id: trusted-ci-only
-    description: >-
-      Forgejo runner only executes workflows from repos on the private
-      forge (forge.ops.eblu.me). No external or untrusted repos can
-      trigger privileged CI jobs.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-05-01
-    notes: >-
-      Verification: (1) Runner config (argocd/manifests/forgejo-runner/
-      config.yaml) connects only to https://forge.ops.eblu.me/. (2) Forge
-      app.ini has DISABLE_REGISTRATION=true and ALLOW_ONLY_EXTERNAL_REGISTRATION
-      =true (ansible/roles/forgejo/defaults/main.yml) — no untrusted users
-      can sign up or create repos. The runner registers at instance scope
-      (repo_id=0/owner_id=0 in action_runner table), but the instance itself
-      is closed, so no per-repo allow-list is needed. Re-evaluate if the
-      forge ever opens to additional users or if the runner is repointed
-      to an external forge.
-
-  - id: init-container-isolation
-    description: >-
-      Root privileges and added capabilities (CHOWN) are limited to
-      init containers that run once at pod startup. All runtime
-      containers run as non-root (UID 472) with all capabilities
-      dropped.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-05-04
-    notes: >-
-      Verify by inspecting grafana deployment.yaml securityContext
-      for both init and runtime containers. If fsGroup alone can
-      handle PVC ownership, remove init-chown-data and this control.
-      Retirement deferred until grafana lands on ringtail's k3s
-      (see [[indri-k8s-migration]]) — storage backend will change,
-      and removing init-chown-data right before that migration
-      trades a real safety net for marginal cleanup. Revisit
-      post-migration.
-
-  - id: node-config-automated-verification
-    description: >-
-      Prowler reports certain node-level checks as MANUAL because it runs
-      inside a pod and cannot evaluate kubelet file permissions, kubelet
-      config arguments, etcd CA separation, or cluster-admin RBAC bindings.
-      The review-compliance-reports script SSHes into the minikube node
-      weekly and programmatically verifies each condition, failing loudly
-      if any check deviates from expected values.
-    created: 2026-04-14
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-14
-    notes: >-
-      Verification runs as part of 'mise run review-compliance-reports'.
-      If minikube node is unreachable, all checks report as FAIL. If new
-      MANUAL findings appear in Prowler, add corresponding verification
-      logic to the script and update the mutelist.
-
-  - id: operator-purpose-bound-rbac
-    description: >-
-      Operators whose entire function is to manage a sensitive resource
-      legitimately need RBAC over that resource. external-secrets-operator
-      manages Secret objects (its purpose) and the cert-controller mutates
-      its own ValidatingWebhookConfigurations to inject rotating CA bundles.
-      Risk is bounded by: (1) the operator code being upstream open-source
-      and reviewed; (2) RBAC scoped to specific named webhooks where
-      possible; (3) supply chain controls on the operator image (mirrored
-      to local registry, version tracked in service-versions.yaml).
-    created: 2026-04-27
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-27
-    notes: >-
-      Verify by checking that the operators in question still match their
-      stated purpose (i.e. external-secrets is still the only consumer of
-      these ClusterRoles) and that upstream hasn't published advisories
-      for credential-handling bugs. Re-evaluate if a non-secrets-managing
-      ClusterRole appears under this control.
-
-  - id: kube-state-metrics-metadata-only
-    description: >-
-      kube-state-metrics holds list/watch on Secrets cluster-wide but only
-      exposes Secret object *metadata* (name, namespace, type, creation
-      timestamp, labels) via the kube_secret_info / kube_secret_labels
-      metrics. Secret data fields are never read into KSM's exposed
-      metrics by upstream design. Mitigation rests on KSM's metric
-      schema, the version pin in service-versions.yaml, and the metrics
-      endpoint being reachable only on the cluster network.
-    created: 2026-04-27
-    last-reviewed: 2026-04-27
-    notes: >-
-      Verify by inspecting the /metrics endpoint output for any series
-      that include secret data (only *_info and *_labels metrics should
-      reference secrets, and labels should be limited to user-applied
-      labels — never the data:). Re-evaluate on KSM version bumps.
-
-  - id: observability-stack-audit
-    description: >-
-      Alloy collects pod logs and ships them to Loki, providing an
-      audit trail for cluster activity. Compensates for missing
-      apiserver audit logging which neither minikube (indri) nor
-      k3s (ringtail) configures by default.
-    created: 2026-03-30
-    last-reviewed: 2026-05-11
-    notes: >-
-      Verify Alloy DaemonSet is running on each cluster (alloy-k8s on
-      minikube, alloy-ringtail on k3s) and Loki is receiving logs.
-      Note this is weaker than native apiserver audit logs — it
-      captures pod stdout/stderr, not API request-level auditing.
-      Consider enabling apiserver audit logging on k3s post-migration
-      (`--audit-log-path` / `--audit-policy-file`) — minikube made it
-      hard, k3s makes it straightforward.

mise-tasks/review-compensating-controls

@@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S uv run --script
-# /// script
-# requires-python = ">=3.12"
-# dependencies = ["pyyaml==6.0.3", "rich==15.0.0", "typer==0.25.0"]
-# ///
-#MISE description="Review the most stale compensating control"
-#USAGE flag "--limit <limit>" default="10" help="Number of controls to show in the table"
-"""Review compensating controls by staleness.
-
-Reads ``compensating-controls.yaml`` and sorts by ``last-reviewed``.
-Shows a staleness table, then displays the most stale control with all
-references found in the codebase.
-
-After reviewing, update the control entry:
-
-    last-reviewed: YYYY-MM-DD
-
-Usage: mise run review-compensating-controls [--limit 10]
-"""
-
-import subprocess
-import sys
-from datetime import date
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Annotated
-
-import typer
-import yaml
-from rich.console import Console
-from rich.panel import Panel
-from rich.table import Table
-
-CONTROLS_FILE = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "compensating-controls.yaml"
-REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-
-
-def load_controls(path: Path) -> list[dict]:
-    data = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text())
-    return data.get("controls", [])
-
-
-def parse_date(raw) -> date | None:
-    if raw is None:
-        return None
-    if isinstance(raw, date):
-        return raw
-    try:
-        return date.fromisoformat(str(raw))
-    except ValueError:
-        return None
-
-
-def find_references(control_id: str) -> list[str]:
-    """Find all files referencing a control ID using ripgrep."""
-    try:
-        result = subprocess.run(
-            ["rg", "--no-heading", "-n", control_id, str(REPO_ROOT)],
-            capture_output=True,
-            text=True,
-            timeout=10,
-        )
-        lines = result.stdout.strip().splitlines()
-        # Exclude the controls file itself and this script
-        return [
-            ln
-            for ln in lines
-            if "compensating-controls.yaml" not in ln
-            and "review-compensating-controls" not in ln
-        ]
-    except (FileNotFoundError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
-        return []
-
-
-def main(
-    limit: Annotated[
-        int, typer.Option(help="Number of controls to show in the table")
-    ] = 10,
-) -> None:
-    console = Console()
-    today = date.today()
-
-    if not CONTROLS_FILE.exists():
-        console.print(
-            f"[bold red]Controls file not found:[/bold red] {CONTROLS_FILE}"
-        )
-        raise typer.Exit(code=1)
-
-    controls = load_controls(CONTROLS_FILE)
-
-    # Parse dates and build sortable entries
-    entries: list[tuple[dict, date | None]] = []
-    for ctrl in controls:
-        reviewed = parse_date(ctrl.get("last-reviewed"))
-        entries.append((ctrl, reviewed))
-
-    # Sort: never-reviewed first, then oldest
-    entries.sort(key=lambda e: (e[1] is not None, e[1] or date.min))
-
-    never_reviewed = sum(1 for _, r in entries if r is None)
-
-    # --- Summary panel ---
-    console.print()
-    console.print(
-        Panel(
-            f"[bold]{len(entries)}[/bold] compensating controls, "
-            f"[bold red]{never_reviewed}[/bold red] never reviewed",
-            title="[bold]Compensating Control Review Queue[/bold]",
-            border_style="cyan",
-        )
-    )
-    console.print()
-
-    # --- Staleness table ---
-    table = Table(show_header=True, header_style="bold")
-    table.add_column("#", justify="right")
-    table.add_column("Control ID")
-    table.add_column("Last Reviewed", justify="right")
-    table.add_column("Age (days)", justify="right")
-    table.add_column("Refs", justify="right")
-
-    for i, (ctrl, reviewed) in enumerate(entries[:limit], 1):
-        control_id = ctrl["id"]
-        refs = len(find_references(control_id))
-
-        if reviewed is None:
-            table.add_row(
-                str(i),
-                f"[red]{control_id}[/red]",
-                "[red]never[/red]",
-                "[red]—[/red]",
-                str(refs),
-            )
-        else:
-            age = (today - reviewed).days
-            style = "yellow" if age > 90 else ""
-            id_str = f"[{style}]{control_id}[/{style}]" if style else control_id
-            date_str = f"[{style}]{reviewed}[/{style}]" if style else str(reviewed)
-            age_str = f"[{style}]{age}[/{style}]" if style else str(age)
-            table.add_row(str(i), id_str, date_str, age_str, str(refs))
-
-    remaining = len(entries) - limit
-    if remaining > 0:
-        table.add_row("", f"[dim]… {remaining} more[/dim]", "", "", "")
-
-    console.print(table)
-    console.print()
-
-    # --- Most stale control detail ---
-    if not entries:
-        console.print("[bold red]No controls found![/bold red]")
-        raise typer.Exit(code=1)
-
-    top_ctrl, top_reviewed = entries[0]
-    control_id = top_ctrl["id"]
-    refs = find_references(control_id)
-
-    detail_lines = [
-        f"[bold cyan]{control_id}[/bold cyan]",
-        f"[dim]Last reviewed: {top_reviewed or 'never'}[/dim]",
-        "",
-        f"[bold]Description:[/bold] {top_ctrl.get('description', '').strip()}",
-    ]
-    notes = top_ctrl.get("notes", "").strip()
-    if notes:
-        detail_lines.append(f"[bold]Notes:[/bold] {notes}")
-
-    console.print(
-        Panel(
-            "\n".join(detail_lines),
-            title="[bold]Up For Review[/bold]",
-            border_style="green",
-        )
-    )
-    console.print()
-
-    # --- References ---
-    if refs:
-        ref_table = Table(
-            show_header=True, header_style="bold", title="References in codebase"
-        )
-        ref_table.add_column("File", style="cyan")
-        ref_table.add_column("Line")
-
-        for ref in refs:
-            # rg output: file:line:content
-            parts = ref.split(":", 2)
-            if len(parts) >= 3:
-                filepath = parts[0].replace(str(REPO_ROOT) + "/", "")
-                line_no = parts[1]
-                content = parts[2].strip()
-                ref_table.add_row(f"{filepath}:{line_no}", content)
-            else:
-                ref_table.add_row(ref, "")
-
-        console.print(ref_table)
-    else:
-        console.print(
-            f"[yellow]No references to '{control_id}' found in the codebase.[/yellow]"
-        )
-    console.print()
-
-    # --- Review checklist ---
-    checklist = [
-        "[bold]Verification:[/bold]\n",
-        f"• {notes}\n" if notes else "",
-        "\n[bold]Review each reference:[/bold]\n",
-        "• For each muted finding referencing this control, confirm:\n",
-        "  1. The risk the original check guards against\n",
-        "  2. That this control actually mitigates that risk\n",
-        "  3. That the control is still in effect (not degraded or bypassed)\n",
-        "\n[bold]After review:[/bold]\n",
-        f"• Update compensating-controls.yaml: [cyan]last-reviewed: {today}[/cyan]\n",
-        "• If the control is no longer valid, either:\n",
-        "  - Fix the underlying finding and remove the mute, or\n",
-        "  - Document a new/updated compensating control\n",
-        "• Commit the change",
-    ]
-
-    console.print(
-        Panel(
-            "".join(checklist),
-            title="[bold yellow]Review Guidance[/bold yellow]",
-            border_style="yellow",
-        )
-    )
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    typer.run(main)

mise-tasks/review-compliance-reports

@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ def _kubectl(args: str, timeout: int = 15) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
 def run_node_verification(console: Console) -> None:
     """Verify node-level conditions that Prowler reports as MANUAL.
 
-    Compensating control: node-config-automated-verification
+    Prowler runs inside a pod and can't evaluate kubelet file permissions,
+    kubelet config arguments, etcd CA separation, or cluster-admin RBAC
+    bindings. We SSH into the minikube node and check each condition here,
+    failing loudly if any deviates from expected values.
     """
     checks: list[tuple[str, str, bool]] = []  # (name, detail, passed)
 
@@ -278,7 +281,7 @@ def run_node_verification(console: Console) -> None:
     table = Table(
         show_header=True,
         header_style="bold",
-        title="Node Verification (CC: node-config-automated-verification)",
+        title="Node Verification (out-of-band checks for MANUAL findings)",
     )
     table.add_column("Check")
     table.add_column("Detail")
@@ -528,8 +531,8 @@ def summarize_report(
             Panel(
                 f"[bold yellow]{len(latest['unmuted'])} unmuted failure(s) "
                 f"need triage.[/bold yellow]\n\n"
-                "For each: remediate or mute "
+                "For each: remediate, or add a Resource entry to the "
-                "(add to mutelist + compensating control).",
+                "matching check in argocd/manifests/prowler/mutelist/.",
                 title=f"{label} Verdict",
                 border_style="yellow",
             )
@@ -653,7 +656,6 @@ def main(
             )
 
     # --- Node-level MANUAL check verification ---
-    # Compensating control: node-config-automated-verification
     # These checks verify conditions Prowler reports as MANUAL because it
     # runs inside a pod and cannot evaluate them directly.
     run_node_verification(console)