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Filestore Instance Deletion Protection Not Enabled

ID: gcloud-filestore-deletion-protection-disabled

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,filestore,security,deletion-protection,gcp-cloud-config

Ensure that your Google Cloud Filestore instances have Deletion Protection feature enabled in order to protect them from being accidentally deleted. With the Deletion Protection safety feature enabled, your Filestore instances are guaranteed to be protected from accidental deletion, ensuring your data remains safe.

id: gcloud-filestore-deletion-protection-disabled
info:
name: Filestore Instance Deletion Protection Not Enabled
author: princechaddha
severity: medium
description: |
Ensure that your Google Cloud Filestore instances have Deletion Protection feature enabled in order to protect them from being accidentally deleted. With the Deletion Protection safety feature enabled, your Filestore instances are guaranteed to be protected from accidental deletion, ensuring your data remains safe.
impact: |
Without deletion protection, Filestore instances could be accidentally or maliciously deleted through the console, CLI, or API calls, leading to data loss and service disruption.
remediation: |
Enable deletion protection for your Filestore instances using the 'gcloud filestore instances update' command with the '--deletion-protection' flag or through the Google Cloud Console.
reference:
- https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/Filestore/enable-deletion-protection.html
- https://cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/prevent-deletion
tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,filestore,security,deletion-protection,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)){
set("instanceName", instance.name)
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 filestore instances list --project $projectId --format="json"
extractors:
- type: json
name: instances
internal: true
json:
- '.[]'
- engine:
- sh
- bash
source: |
gcloud filestore instances describe $instanceName --format="json(deletionProtectionEnabled)"
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "null"
extractors:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- '"Filestore instance " + instanceName + " in project " + projectId + " does not have deletion protection enabled"'
# digest: 490a0046304402201f1c070c1098bf7fa609ca22c7dc6a9f43fcbefc3927c4651db7b6d2ec0aef8602201e6e829d477893c68f25c7c8281a12c671e80f6d8f28f57c4d7b6436ac169d31:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/filestore/gcloud-filestore-deletion-protection-disabled.yaml"

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