BREAKING: add support for k8s disable-node-collector flag

docs/docs/references/configuration/cli/trivy_kubernetes.md

@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ trivy kubernetes [flags] [CONTEXT]
       --cache-ttl duration                cache TTL when using redis as cache backend
       --clear-cache                       clear image caches without scanning
       --compliance string                 compliance report to generate (k8s-nsa,k8s-cis,k8s-pss-baseline,k8s-pss-restricted)
-      --components strings                specify which components to scan (workload,infra) (default [workload,infra])
       --config-data strings               specify paths from which data for the Rego policies will be recursively loaded
       --config-policy strings             specify the paths to the Rego policy files or to the directories containing them, applying config files
       --db-repository string              OCI repository to retrieve trivy-db from (default "ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-db:2")
       --dependency-tree                   [EXPERIMENTAL] show dependency origin tree of vulnerable packages
+      --disable-node-collector            When the flag is activated, the node-collector job will not be executed, thus skipping misconfiguration findings on the node.
       --download-db-only                  download/update vulnerability database but don't run a scan
       --download-java-db-only             download/update Java index database but don't run a scan
       --exclude-kinds strings             indicate the kinds exclude from scanning (example: node)

pkg/flag/kubernetes_flags.go

@@ -15,19 +15,6 @@ var (
 		ConfigName: "kubernetes.kubeconfig",
 		Usage:      "specify the kubeconfig file path to use",
 	}
-	ComponentsFlag = Flag[[]string]{
-		Name:       "components",
-		ConfigName: "kubernetes.components",
-		Default: []string{
-			"workload",
-			"infra",
-		},
-		Values: []string{
-			"workload",
-			"infra",
-		},
-		Usage: "specify which components to scan",
-	}
 	K8sVersionFlag = Flag[string]{
 		Name:       "k8s-version",
 		ConfigName: "kubernetes.k8s-version",
@@ -38,6 +25,11 @@ var (
 		ConfigName: "kubernetes.tolerations",
 		Usage:      "specify node-collector job tolerations (example: key1=value1:NoExecute,key2=value2:NoSchedule)",
 	}
+	DisableNodeCollector = Flag[bool]{
+		Name:       "disable-node-collector",
+		ConfigName: "kubernetes.disableNodeCollector",
+		Usage:      "When the flag is activated, the node-collector job will not be executed, thus skipping misconfiguration findings on the node.",
+	}
 	NodeCollectorNamespace = Flag[string]{
 		Name:       "node-collector-namespace",
 		ConfigName: "kubernetes.node-collector.namespace",
@@ -97,9 +89,9 @@ var (
 
 type K8sFlagGroup struct {
 	KubeConfig             *Flag[string]
-	Components             *Flag[[]string]
 	K8sVersion             *Flag[string]
 	Tolerations            *Flag[[]string]
+	DisableNodeCollector   *Flag[bool]
 	NodeCollectorImageRef  *Flag[string]
 	NodeCollectorNamespace *Flag[string]
 	ExcludeOwned           *Flag[bool]
@@ -114,12 +106,12 @@ type K8sFlagGroup struct {
 
 type K8sOptions struct {
 	KubeConfig             string
-	Components             []string
 	K8sVersion             string
 	Tolerations            []corev1.Toleration
 	NodeCollectorImageRef  string
 	NodeCollectorNamespace string
 	ExcludeOwned           bool
+	DisableNodeCollector   bool
 	ExcludeNodes           map[string]string
 	ExcludeKinds           []string
 	IncludeKinds           []string
@@ -132,9 +124,9 @@ type K8sOptions struct {
 func NewK8sFlagGroup() *K8sFlagGroup {
 	return &K8sFlagGroup{
 		KubeConfig:             KubeConfigFlag.Clone(),
-		Components:             ComponentsFlag.Clone(),
 		K8sVersion:             K8sVersionFlag.Clone(),
 		Tolerations:            TolerationsFlag.Clone(),
+		DisableNodeCollector:   DisableNodeCollector.Clone(),
 		NodeCollectorNamespace: NodeCollectorNamespace.Clone(),
 		ExcludeOwned:           ExcludeOwned.Clone(),
 		ExcludeNodes:           ExcludeNodes.Clone(),
@@ -155,8 +147,8 @@ func (f *K8sFlagGroup) Name() string {
 func (f *K8sFlagGroup) Flags() []Flagger {
 	return []Flagger{
 		f.KubeConfig,
-		f.Components,
 		f.K8sVersion,
+		f.DisableNodeCollector,
 		f.Tolerations,
 		f.NodeCollectorNamespace,
 		f.ExcludeOwned,
@@ -199,9 +191,9 @@ func (f *K8sFlagGroup) ToOptions() (K8sOptions, error) {
 
 	return K8sOptions{
 		KubeConfig:             f.KubeConfig.Value(),
-		Components:             f.Components.Value(),
 		K8sVersion:             f.K8sVersion.Value(),
 		Tolerations:            tolerations,
+		DisableNodeCollector:   f.DisableNodeCollector.Value(),
 		NodeCollectorNamespace: f.NodeCollectorNamespace.Value(),
 		ExcludeOwned:           f.ExcludeOwned.Value(),
 		ExcludeNodes:           exludeNodeLabels,

pkg/flag/options.go

@@ -360,15 +360,10 @@ func (o *Options) Align() {
 	}
 
 	// Vulnerability scanning is disabled by default for CycloneDX.
-	if o.Format == types.FormatCycloneDX && !viper.IsSet(ScannersFlag.ConfigName) && len(o.K8sOptions.Components) == 0 { // remove K8sOptions.Components validation check when vuln scan is supported for k8s report with cycloneDX
+	if o.Format == types.FormatCycloneDX && !viper.IsSet(ScannersFlag.ConfigName) {
 		log.Info(`"--format cyclonedx" disables security scanning. Specify "--scanners vuln" explicitly if you want to include vulnerabilities in the CycloneDX report.`)
 		o.Scanners = nil
 	}
-
-	if o.Format == types.FormatCycloneDX && len(o.K8sOptions.Components) > 0 {
-		log.Info(`"k8s with --format cyclonedx" disable security scanning`)
-		o.Scanners = nil
-	}
 }
 
 // RegistryOpts returns options for OCI registries

pkg/k8s/commands/cluster.go

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
 
 	k8sArtifacts "github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-kubernetes/pkg/artifacts"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-kubernetes/pkg/k8s"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-kubernetes/pkg/trivyk8s"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/flag"
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func clusterRun(ctx context.Context, opts flag.Options, cluster k8s.Cluster) err
 			trivyk8s.WithIncludeKinds(opts.IncludeKinds),
 			trivyk8s.WithExcludeOwned(opts.ExcludeOwned),
 		}
-		if opts.Scanners.AnyEnabled(types.MisconfigScanner) && slices.Contains(opts.Components, "infra") {
+		if opts.Scanners.AnyEnabled(types.MisconfigScanner) && !opts.DisableNodeCollector {
 			artifacts, err = trivyk8s.New(cluster, k8sOpts...).ListArtifactAndNodeInfo(ctx,
 				trivyk8s.WithScanJobNamespace(opts.NodeCollectorNamespace),
 				trivyk8s.WithIgnoreLabels(opts.ExcludeNodes),
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func clusterRun(ctx context.Context, opts flag.Options, cluster k8s.Cluster) err
 		return xerrors.Errorf(`unknown format %q. Use "json" or "table" or "cyclonedx"`, opts.Format)
 	}
 
+	if !opts.DisableNodeCollector && !opts.Quiet {
+		log.InfoContext(ctx, "Node scanning is enabled")
+		log.InfoContext(ctx, "If you want to disable Node scanning via an in-cluster Job, please try '--disable-node-collector' to disable the Node-Collector job.")
+	}
 	runner := newRunner(opts, cluster.GetCurrentContext())
 	return runner.run(ctx, artifacts)
 }

pkg/k8s/commands/run.go

@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ func (r *runner) run(ctx context.Context, artifacts []*k8sArtifacts.Artifact) er
 		Report:     r.flagOpts.ReportFormat,
 		Output:     output,
 		Severities: r.flagOpts.Severities,
-		Components: r.flagOpts.Components,
 		Scanners:   r.flagOpts.ScanOptions.Scanners,
 		APIVersion: r.flagOpts.AppVersion,
 	}); err != nil {

pkg/k8s/report/report.go

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ type Option struct {
 	Severities    []dbTypes.Severity
 	ColumnHeading []string
 	Scanners      types.Scanners
-	Components    []string
 	APIVersion    string
 }
 
@@ -134,12 +133,12 @@ type reports struct {
 // - misconfiguration report
 // - rbac report
 // - infra checks report
-func SeparateMisconfigReports(k8sReport Report, scanners types.Scanners, components []string) []reports {
+func SeparateMisconfigReports(k8sReport Report, scanners types.Scanners) []reports {
 
 	var workloadMisconfig, infraMisconfig, rbacAssessment, workloadVulnerabilities, infraVulnerabilities, workloadResource []Resource
 	for _, resource := range k8sReport.Resources {
 		switch {
-		case vulnerabilitiesOrSecretResource(resource):
+		case vulnerabilitiesOrSecretResource(resource) && !infraResource(resource):
 			if resource.Namespace == infraNamespace || nodeInfoResource(resource) {
 				infraVulnerabilities = append(infraVulnerabilities, nodeKind(resource))
 			} else {
@@ -150,31 +149,29 @@ func SeparateMisconfigReports(k8sReport Report, scanners types.Scanners, compone
 		case infraResource(resource):
 			infraMisconfig = append(infraMisconfig, nodeKind(resource))
 		case scanners.Enabled(types.MisconfigScanner) &&
-			!rbacResource(resource) &&
-			slices.Contains(components, workloadComponent):
+			!rbacResource(resource):
 			workloadMisconfig = append(workloadMisconfig, resource)
 		}
 	}
 
 	var r []reports
 	workloadResource = append(workloadResource, workloadVulnerabilities...)
 	workloadResource = append(workloadResource, workloadMisconfig...)
-	if shouldAddToReport(scanners, components, workloadComponent) {
+	if shouldAddToReport(scanners) {
 		workloadReport := Report{
 			SchemaVersion: 0,
 			ClusterName:   k8sReport.ClusterName,
 			Resources:     workloadResource,
 			name:          "Workload Assessment",
 		}
-		if slices.Contains(components, workloadComponent) {
-			r = append(r, reports{
-				Report:  workloadReport,
-				Columns: WorkloadColumns(),
-			})
-		}
+		r = append(r, reports{
+			Report:  workloadReport,
+			Columns: WorkloadColumns(),
+		})
+
 	}
 	infraMisconfig = append(infraMisconfig, infraVulnerabilities...)
-	if shouldAddToReport(scanners, components, infraComponent) {
+	if shouldAddToReport(scanners) {
 		r = append(r, reports{
 			Report: Report{
 				SchemaVersion: 0,
@@ -266,12 +263,11 @@ func (r Report) PrintErrors() {
 	}
 }
 
-func shouldAddToReport(scanners types.Scanners, components []string, componentType string) bool {
+func shouldAddToReport(scanners types.Scanners) bool {
 	return scanners.AnyEnabled(
 		types.MisconfigScanner,
 		types.VulnerabilityScanner,
-		types.SecretScanner) &&
-		slices.Contains(components, componentType)
+		types.SecretScanner)
 }
 
 func vulnerabilitiesOrSecretResource(resource Resource) bool {

pkg/k8s/report/report_test.go

@@ -515,7 +515,6 @@ func Test_separateMisconfigReports(t *testing.T) {
 		name            string
 		k8sReport       Report
 		scanners        types.Scanners
-		components      []string
 		expectedReports []Report
 	}{
 		{
@@ -525,10 +524,6 @@ func Test_separateMisconfigReports(t *testing.T) {
 				types.MisconfigScanner,
 				types.RBACScanner,
 			},
-			components: []string{
-				workloadComponent,
-				infraComponent,
-			},
 			expectedReports: []Report{
 				// the order matter for the test
 				{
@@ -545,10 +540,6 @@ func Test_separateMisconfigReports(t *testing.T) {
 			name:      "Config and Infra for the same resource",
 			k8sReport: k8sReport,
 			scanners:  types.Scanners{types.MisconfigScanner},
-			components: []string{
-				workloadComponent,
-				infraComponent,
-			},
 			expectedReports: []Report{
 				// the order matter for the test
 				{
@@ -569,26 +560,39 @@ func Test_separateMisconfigReports(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "Config Report Only",
-			k8sReport:  k8sReport,
-			scanners:   types.Scanners{types.MisconfigScanner},
-			components: []string{workloadComponent},
+			name:      "Config Report Only",
+			k8sReport: k8sReport,
+			scanners:  types.Scanners{types.MisconfigScanner},
 			expectedReports: []Report{
 				{
 					Resources: []Resource{
 						{Kind: "Deployment"},
 						{Kind: "StatefulSet"},
 					},
 				},
+				{
+					Resources: []Resource{
+						{Kind: "Pod"},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "Infra Report Only",
-			k8sReport:  k8sReport,
-			scanners:   types.Scanners{types.MisconfigScanner},
-			components: []string{infraComponent},
+			name:      "Infra Report Only",
+			k8sReport: k8sReport,
+			scanners:  types.Scanners{types.MisconfigScanner},
 			expectedReports: []Report{
-				{Resources: []Resource{{Kind: "Pod"}}},
+				{
+					Resources: []Resource{
+						{Kind: "Deployment"},
+						{Kind: "StatefulSet"},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Resources: []Resource{
+						{Kind: "Pod"},
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 
@@ -597,7 +601,7 @@ func Test_separateMisconfigReports(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			reports := SeparateMisconfigReports(tt.k8sReport, tt.scanners, tt.components)
+			reports := SeparateMisconfigReports(tt.k8sReport, tt.scanners)
 			assert.Equal(t, len(tt.expectedReports), len(reports))
 
 			for i := range reports {

pkg/k8s/report/summary.go

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewSummaryWriter(output io.Writer, requiredSevs []dbTypes.Severity, columnH
 	}
 }
 
-func ColumnHeading(scanners types.Scanners, components, availableColumns []string) []string {
+func ColumnHeading(scanners types.Scanners, availableColumns []string) []string {
 	columns := []string{
 		NamespaceColumn,
 		ResourceColumn,
@@ -47,12 +47,7 @@ func ColumnHeading(scanners types.Scanners, components, availableColumns []strin
 		case types.VulnerabilityScanner:
 			securityOptions[VulnerabilitiesColumn] = nil
 		case types.MisconfigScanner:
-			if slices.Contains(components, workloadComponent) {
-				securityOptions[MisconfigurationsColumn] = nil
-			}
-			if slices.Contains(components, infraComponent) {
-				securityOptions[MisconfigurationsColumn] = nil
-			}
+			securityOptions[MisconfigurationsColumn] = nil
 		case types.SecretScanner:
 			securityOptions[SecretsColumn] = nil
 		case types.RBACScanner: