Auto-Delete Not Disabled for VM Instance Persistent Disks

ID: gcloud-vm-disk-autodelete-enabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,compute,security,storage,disk,gcp-cloud-config

Description

Ensure that the Auto-Delete behavior rule is disabled for the persistent disks attached to your Google Cloud virtual machine (VM) instances in order to protect the VM data from being deleted and meet security and compliance requirements. When Auto-Delete is on, the persistent disks are deleted when the associated VM instance is deleted.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-vm-disk-autodelete-enabled

info:
  name: Auto-Delete Not Disabled for VM Instance Persistent Disks
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that the Auto-Delete behavior rule is disabled for the persistent disks attached to your Google Cloud virtual machine (VM) instances in order to protect the VM data from being deleted and meet security and compliance requirements. When Auto-Delete is on, the persistent disks are deleted when the associated VM instance is deleted.
  impact: |
    With Auto-Delete enabled, persistent disks are automatically deleted when their associated VM instances are deleted, potentially causing unintended data loss for mission-critical systems.
  remediation: |
    Disable Auto-Delete for your VM instance persistent disks using the 'gcloud compute instances set-disk-auto-delete' command or through the Google Cloud Console. This ensures disks are retained after instance deletion.
  reference:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/ComputeEngine/disable-auto-delete.html
    - https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/add-persistent-disk
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,compute,security,storage,disk,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let instance of iterate(template.instances)){
      instance = JSON.parse(instance)
      set("instanceName", instance.name)
      set("zone", instance.zone)
      code(3)
    }
  }

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 compute instances list --project $projectId --format="json(name,zone.basename())"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: instances
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.[]'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud compute instances describe $instanceName --zone $zone --project $projectId --format="json(disks[].autoDelete)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '"autoDelete": true'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"VM instance " + instanceName + " in zone " + zone + " of project " + projectId + " has one or more disks with auto-delete enabled"'
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "cloud/gcp/compute/gcloud-vm-disk-autodelete-enabled.yaml"

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