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GCP Default compute account is project Editor

Published Sun, Nov 22nd, 2020
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Summary

When the compute API is enabled on a GCP Project, the default compute account is created. This account gets the primitive role Editor assigned by default, which allows for a wide variety of privilege excalation and resource abuse in the project. Especially, all new VMs created inherit this permissions by default. This issue is arguably a technical decision by GCP, but the documents advise customers to undo this.

Affected Services

N/A

Remediation

Remove these permissions, it can be done via an organization policy

Tracked CVEs

No tracked CVEs

References

Entry Status
Finalized
Disclosure Date
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Exploitablity Period
Since the creation of GCP
Known ITW Exploitation
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Detection Methods
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Piercing Index Rating
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Discovered by
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