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Cloud Asset Inventory Not Enabled

ID: gcloud-cloud-asset-disabled

Severity: high

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,cloud-asset,gcp-cloud-config

Ensure that Cloud Asset Inventory is enabled for all your GCP projects in order to efficiently manage the history and the inventory of your cloud resources. Google Cloud Asset Inventory is a fully managed metadata inventory service that allows you to view, monitor, analyze, and gain insights for your Google Cloud and Anthos assets. Cloud Asset Inventory is disabled by default in each GCP project.

id: gcloud-cloud-asset-disabled
info:
name: Cloud Asset Inventory Not Enabled
author: princechaddha
severity: high
description: |
Ensure that Cloud Asset Inventory is enabled for all your GCP projects in order to efficiently manage the history and the inventory of your cloud resources. Google Cloud Asset Inventory is a fully managed metadata inventory service that allows you to view, monitor, analyze, and gain insights for your Google Cloud and Anthos assets. Cloud Asset Inventory is disabled by default in each GCP project.
impact: |
Not having Cloud Asset Inventory enabled can prevent the organization from having a managed and insightful view over its cloud resources, potentially leading to mismanagement and security risks.
remediation: |
Enable the Google Cloud Asset Inventory by activating the Cloud Asset API in each GCP project through the Google Cloud Console or using the `gcloud services enable cloudasset.googleapis.com --project <project-id>` command.
reference:
- https://cloud.google.com/asset-inventory/docs
tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,cloud-asset,gcp-cloud-config
flow: |
code(1)
for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
set("projectId", projectId)
code(2)
}
self-contained: true
code:
- engine:
- sh
- bash
source: |
gcloud projects list --format="json(projectId)"
extractors:
- type: json
name: projectIds
internal: true
json:
- '.[].projectId'
- engine:
- sh
- bash
source: |
gcloud services list --project $projectId --enabled --filter="name:cloudasset.googleapis.com" --format="json"
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- '[]'
extractors:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- '"OS Config service is disabled for Project: " + projectId'
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100c28adedbeb559d545dc0eca6cf3a0004844111370c7d0ede7af66abdff49dcb902204355d8cd6f1790b8802945e4337dff422ab941931047a7e12a390868e7a71b09:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/gcp/api/gcloud-vm-os-config-disabled.yaml"

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