# Kube-bench: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 category by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/kube-bench

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Container and Kubernetes security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/container-and-kubernetes-security/index.md) | 1% | 10 | 0% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "Trivy + Falco + Kube-bench" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Container security)
- "Kube-bench: For configuration auditing (quick win, open source)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Container security)
- "comply with security benchmarks (like CIS Kubernetes Benchmark)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Container security)
- "Kube-bench - For CIS compliance checking (free)" (MiniMax M2.5, Container security)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Kube-bench, from 14 of the 16 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 9
- edgelabs.ai: 6
- mirantis.com: 6
- portainer.io: 6
- redhat.com: 6
- spacelift.io: 4
- armosec.io: 3
- chainguard.dev: 3
- gbhackers.com: 3
- safeguard.sh: 3

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/rizzdev/awesome-kubernetes-security/blob/main/README.md: 6
- https://mirantis.com/blog/12-best-kubernetes-security-tools-you-need-in-2026: 6
- https://redhat.com/tracks/_pfcdn/assets/10330/contents/646381/001b54d3-7c21-417b-995c-ebe7be8328a1.pdf: 6
- https://github.com/rizzdev/awesome-kubernetes-security: 4
- https://portainer.io/blog/kubernetes-security-tools: 4
- https://spacelift.io/blog/kubernetes-security-tools: 4
- https://edgelabs.ai/blog/kubernetes-runtime-security-tools: 3
- https://edgelabs.ai/blog/open-source-kubernetes-security-tools: 3

## In its own words

What Kube-bench's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## What it publishes

Every page kubernetes.ae exposes, read 2026-09-29: 88 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 28 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 0001-01-01
- comparison: 22 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 0001-01-01 blog: Spinnaker https://blog.kubernetes.ae/posts/spinnaker

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.