Enable VPC Flow Logs for VPC Subnets

ID: gcloud-enable-vpc-flow-logs

Severity: medium

Author: princechaddha

Tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-vpc,flow-logs,networking,security,gcp-cloud-config

Description

Ensure that VPC Flow Logs is enabled for every subnet created within your production Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network. Flow Logs capture information about the IP traffic (accepted, rejected, or all traffic) to and from the network interfaces within your VPC subnets.

YAML Source

id: gcloud-enable-vpc-flow-logs

info:
  name: Enable VPC Flow Logs for VPC Subnets
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that VPC Flow Logs is enabled for every subnet created within your production Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network. Flow Logs capture information about the IP traffic (accepted, rejected, or all traffic) to and from the network interfaces within your VPC subnets.
  impact: |
    Without VPC Flow Logs, you lose visibility into network traffic within your subnets, making it difficult to monitor, troubleshoot, and enhance the security posture of your network.
  remediation: |
    Enable VPC Flow Logs for your VPC subnets to gain insights into network traffic and support network security, compliance, and operational monitoring.
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/using-flow-logs
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-vpc,flow-logs,networking,security,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let network of iterate(template.networks)){
      set("networkName", network)
      code(3)
      for(let subnet of iterate(template.subnets)){
        subnet = JSON.parse(subnet);
        set("subnetName", subnet.name)
        set("subnetRegion", subnet.region)
        code(4)
      }
    }
  }

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 networks list --project $projectId --format="json(name)"

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud compute networks subnets list --network=$networkName --project=$projectId --format="json(name,region.basename())"

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud compute networks subnets describe $subnetName --project=$projectId --format=json --region $subnetRegion | jq '.enableFlowLogs // "null"'

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'false'
          - 'null'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"The subnet " + subnetName + " of network " + networkName + " in project " + projectId + " does not have VPC Flow Logs 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/vpc/gcloud-enable-vpc-flow-logs.yaml"

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