Google Cloud has a severe security issue

Published April 25, 2023
Author: Ash Khan

Google Cloud has a severe security issue

Published April 25, 2023
Author: Ash Khan

SADA is to thank for preventing a possible calamity on the Google Cloud Platform.

The cybersecurity website specialists claimed to have discovered a critical vulnerability in the Google Cloud Platform. Moreover, the experts claim that it has now been patched by the tech giant.

 

The vulnerability is known as Asset Key Theft. It allows threat actors to obtain the private keys of Google Cloud Service Accounts. SADA stated in a statement that the weakness would have given attackers a persistent and reliable method for abusing a Google Cloud environment.

 

Website security service alerted Google of the problem in its cloud hosting service through its Bug Hunters reward program. Furthermore, it allows researchers to safely and securely warn the tech giant of faults in its products.

API bug

The security service website claims that the vulnerability was crucial. It shares commonalities with cloud security tools from third parties. such as Cloud Security Posture Management tools, to gather cloud inventory data from the API.

The vulnerability was discovered in Platform’s Cloud Asset Inventory API. Users with this API enabled on Google Cloud were affected. Furthermore, who had cloudasset.assets.searchAllResources access on the relevant Google Cloud environment.

 

After SADA reported this to Google, the company replicated the issue to prove its presence before correcting the vulnerability. However, SADA warns that consumers may still be affected, and the threat may have lingered after the patch.

 

SADA explains that it is supporting the customers as they transform their organisations in the cloud. This means maintaining constant vigilance when it comes to security. No public cloud is immune to vulnerabilities. The online security website claims when we discover one, we must all act quickly, collaborate openly, and communicate transparently.

The platform was applauded for responding so quickly and thoroughly when brought this bug to their attention. We are pleased with the effort that SADA’s engineers have made to ensure the security of the clients’ data.

 

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