gcloud-sql-publicly-accessible-instances: Publicly Accessible Cloud SQL Database Instances

2025-08-01 gcloud sql PoC Public

Description

Ensure that your Google Cloud SQL database instances are configured to accept connections only from trusted networks and IP addresses. Publicly accessible instances may expose sensitive data to unauthorized access.

PoC

id: gcloud-sql-publicly-accessible-instances

info:
  name: Publicly Accessible Cloud SQL Database Instances
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that your Google Cloud SQL database instances are configured to accept connections only from trusted networks and IP addresses. Publicly accessible instances may expose sensitive data to unauthorized access.
  impact: |
    Publicly accessible database instances can lead to unauthorized access, exposing sensitive data and increasing the risk of security breaches.
  remediation: |
    Configure your Cloud SQL database instances to accept connections only from trusted IP addresses and networks by limiting access to known authorized networks.
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/configure-ip
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-sql,networking,security,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let sqlInstance of iterate(template.sqlInstances)){
      set("sqlInstance", sqlInstance)
      code(3)
      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 sql instances list --project $projectId --format="json(name)"

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud sql instances describe $sqlInstance --project $projectId --format=json | jq -r '.settings.ipConfiguration.ipv4Enabled // "null"'

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'true'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"The SQL instance " + sqlInstance + " in project " + projectId + " is configured with a public IP address"'

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gcloud sql instances describe $sqlInstance --project $projectId --format=json | jq -r '.settings.ipConfiguration.authorizedNetworks[]?.value // "null"'

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '0.0.0.0/0'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"The SQL instance " + sqlInstance + " in project " + projectId + " allows access from 0.0.0.0/0, making it publicly accessible"'
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009fc7d3bbc2bddecbd9964de5ba1974efd38e90efb62540a4df4479b107f438ca022100e25f2584bf8f7446e73274be96b3b2c4f5bdf782134c8f2ea49f0c8d31883ef8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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