GCP IAM Vulnerabilities Scanner
Analyzes GCP IAM policies for security issues.
What is GCP IAM Vulnerabilities?
GCP IAM Vulnerability testing identifies dangerous identity and access configurations: overprivileged service accounts, excessive primitive roles (Owner/Editor), missing organization policies, workload identity issues, and privilege escalation paths through GCP's unique IAM model.
Why is This Important?
GCP's IAM model differs significantly from AWS/Azure, leading to unique misconfigurations. Service accounts are often overprivileged. The Owner/Editor roles grant excessive access. GCP's resource hierarchy (org/folder/project) creates complex inheritance that can be misconfigured.
How It Works
1. Cloud Asset Discovery
Inventories cloud resources across AWS, Azure, and GCP including storage, compute, IAM, and networking.
2. Configuration Audit
Analyzes cloud configurations against CIS benchmarks and security best practices for misconfigurations.
3. Risk Prioritization
Prioritizes findings by exploitability and business impact with cloud-native remediation steps.
Key Capabilities
Multi-cloud security posture management for AWS, Azure, and GCP with continuous compliance monitoring.
- Cross-cloud asset inventory and visibility
- CIS benchmark and compliance validation
- IAM policy and permission analysis
- Storage and data exposure detection
- Infrastructure-as-code security scanning
Frequently Asked Questions
What GCP IAM issues should I look for?
Priority issues: widespread use of Owner/Editor roles, service accounts with excessive permissions, service account key proliferation, allUsers/allAuthenticatedUsers bindings, missing organization policies, and cross-project permission inheritance issues.
What are GCP IAM privilege escalation paths?
Escalation paths: compute.instances.setServiceAccount to attach privileged SA, iam.serviceAccountTokenCreator for impersonation, deploymentmanager.deployments.create with editor role, and cloud functions with privileged execution identity.
How are service accounts commonly misconfigured?
SA misconfigurations: using default compute service account (has Editor), creating service account keys (prefer workload identity), granting project-level roles when resource-level suffices, and not rotating or auditing service account keys.
How do I secure GCP IAM?
Security: use predefined roles over primitive roles, implement custom roles for least privilege, use workload identity over service account keys, enforce organization policies, implement VPC Service Controls, enable Cloud Audit Logs, and regularly review IAM Recommender suggestions.
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