gcloud-backend-bucket-missing-storage: Backend Buckets Referencing Missing Storage Buckets

2025-08-01 gcloud-backend PoC Public

Description

Ensure that your Cloud CDN backend buckets are referencing existing storage buckets in order to be able to deliver static content efficiently from the nearest edge location to users, reducing latency and improving performance.

PoC

id: gcloud-backend-bucket-missing-storage

info:
  name: Backend Buckets Referencing Missing Storage Buckets
  author: princechaddha
  severity: high
  description: |
    Ensure that your Cloud CDN backend buckets are referencing existing storage buckets in order to be able to deliver static content efficiently from the nearest edge location to users, reducing latency and improving performance.
  impact: |
    Referencing missing storage buckets can lead to a failure in content delivery, increased latency, and a poor user experience.
  remediation: |
    Verify that each backend bucket is referencing an existing storage bucket. Update the Cloud CDN backend bucket configuration to point to valid and existing storage buckets.
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/cdn/docs/backends
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,cdn,cloud-cdn,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let urlMap of iterate(template.urlMaps)){
      set("urlMapName", urlMap)
      code(3)
      for(let backendBucket of iterate(template.backendBuckets)){
        set("backendBucketName", backendBucket)
        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 url-maps list --project $projectId --format="json(name,defaultService)"

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud compute backend-buckets describe $backendBucket --project $projectId --format="json(bucketName)"

    extractors:
      - type: json
        name: backendBuckets
        internal: true
        json:
          - '.bucketName'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud storage buckets describe gs://$backendBucket --project $projectId

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "404"

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Missing Storage Bucket for Backend Bucket: " + backendBucketName + " in URL Map: " + urlMapName + " of Project: " + projectId'
# digest: 490a0046304402200355352b429e76a66451d939e03a1c0176ce597104577c63526d81f01df76f9d022020fdd9dd953445d97ee9c8bd8261109a157494c1e29cce407fb36af3d30856da:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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