gcloud-object-versioning-not-enabled: Enable Object Versioning for Cloud Storage Buckets

2025-08-01 gcloud PoC Public

Description

Ensure that your Cloud Storage buckets are configured with object versioning to protect your object data from being overwritten or accidentally deleted. Object versioning allows multiple variants of an object to be stored in the same bucket, enabling data recovery and restoration.

PoC

id: gcloud-object-versioning-not-enabled

info:
  name: Enable Object Versioning for Cloud Storage Buckets
  author: princechaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Ensure that your Cloud Storage buckets are configured with object versioning to protect your object data from being overwritten or accidentally deleted. Object versioning allows multiple variants of an object to be stored in the same bucket, enabling data recovery and restoration.
  impact: |
    Without object versioning, data loss or accidental overwrites cannot be recovered, leading to potential operational disruptions or compliance issues.
  remediation: |
    Enable object versioning for your Cloud Storage buckets to preserve object versions and allow for data recovery.
  reference:
    - https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/object-versioning
  tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-storage,object-versioning,backup,gcp-cloud-config

flow: |
  code(1)
  for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){
    set("projectId", projectId)
    code(2)
    for(let bucketName of iterate(template.buckets)){
      set("bucketName", bucketName)
      code(3)
    }
  }

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: |
      gsutil ls -p $projectId | jq -R . | jq -s .

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

  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      gsutil versioning get $bucketName

    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'Suspended'

    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"Object versioning is not enabled for the bucket " + bucketName + " in project " + projectId'
# digest: 490a004630440220477f24518070b2a6dfce93bdcd2563f055d3da0a95ec935418b97a3768728a7e02205b8995667957a9d1897cecc1ea9749b5e28e5d026780823cee7f969aab1cdb37:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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