gcloud-vertexai-default-vpc: Default VPC Network In Use for Vertex AI Notebooks

id: gcloud-vertexai-default-vpc

info:
  name: Default VPC Network In Use for Vertex AI Notebooks
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that your Google Cloud Vertex AI notebook instances are not created within the default Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network. The default VPC comes with predefined, over-permissive firewall rules that are not included in audit logging. While suitable for quick starts, complex production AI applications with multi-tier architectures may require private network segments or customization.
  impact: |
    The default VPC network comes with predefined, insecure firewall rules that allow broad internal access, SSH, RDP, and ICMP traffic from any source. Additionally, being an auto-mode network, it cannot be used with Cloud VPN or VPC Network Peering features.
  remediation: |
    Re-create Vertex AI notebook instances in a custom VPC network with properly configured subnets and firewall rules. Use the 'gcloud workbench instances create' command with appropriate network and subnet parameters.
  reference:
    - https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity/knowledge-base/gcp/VertexAI/default-vpc-in-use.html
    - https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs/workbench/user-managed/create-instance
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,vertexai,networking,security,vpc,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
  }

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 workbench instances describe tm-vertex-ai-notebook-instance --location=us-central1-a --project=$projectId --format="value(gceSetup.networkInterfaces[].network)"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "networks/default"

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Project " + projectId + " has Vertex AI notebook instances using the default VPC network"'
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009b5d1f2fcfc890c2f05563c6eb9622a256919795802a514c6182274d02a81818022100ebf9b5415abdc9b7966505657741b3d7e08b849035c0849d16be0aa5dcb8d7ed:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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