Publicly Accessible Pub/Sub Topics

ID: gcloud-pubsub-publicly-accessible

Severity: high

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-pubsub,gcp-cloud-config

Description

Identify any publicly accessible Pub/Sub topics within your Google Cloud account and update their IAM policy to prevent unauthorized access and sensitive data exposure. To achieve this, remove the bindings for “allUsers” and “allAuthenticatedUsers” members from your topic’s IAM policy. “allUsers” is a special member identifier representing any user on the internet, including both authenticated and unauthenticated users. Similarly, “allAuthenticatedUsers” represents any user or service account that can sign in to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with a Google account.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-pubsub-publicly-accessible

info:
  name: Publicly Accessible Pub/Sub Topics
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: |
    Identify any publicly accessible Pub/Sub topics within your Google Cloud account and update their IAM policy to prevent unauthorized access and sensitive data exposure. To achieve this, remove the bindings for "allUsers" and "allAuthenticatedUsers" members from your topic's IAM policy. "allUsers" is a special member identifier representing any user on the internet, including both authenticated and unauthenticated users. Similarly, "allAuthenticatedUsers" represents any user or service account that can sign in to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with a Google account.
  impact: |
    Publicly accessible Pub/Sub topics can lead to unauthorized access and data leaks, compromising sensitive information and increasing security risks.
  remediation: |
    Remove "allUsers" and "allAuthenticatedUsers" from the IAM policy bindings of your Pub/Sub topics. This ensures only authorized identities have access to the topics.
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/access-control
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-pubsub,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let topic of iterate(template.pubsubTopics)){
      set("pubsubTopic", topic)
      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 pubsub topics list --project $projectId --format="json(name)"

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud pubsub topics get-iam-policy $pubsubTopic --format=json | jq '.bindings[].members[]'

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'allUsers'
          - 'allAuthenticatedUsers'
        condition: or

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Publicly Accessible Pub/Sub Topic found: " + pubsubTopic + " in project: " + projectId'
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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/pubsub/gcloud-pubsub-publicly-accessible.yaml"

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