GCP GCS Sensitive Pattern Scan
from kittysploit import *
import json
import re
import time
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from urllib.parse import quote, urlparse
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Auxiliary, Http_client):
__info__ = {
"name": "GCP GCS Sensitive Pattern Scan",
"author": ["KittySploit Team"],
"description": "List and scan exposed GCS files for sensitive patterns (keys, tokens, credentials).",
"tags": ["gcp", "gcs", "cloud", "secrets", "scan"],
}
target = OptString("", "GCS bucket name or URL", required=True)
prefix = OptString("", "Optional object key prefix filter", required=False)
max_files = OptString("300", "Maximum files to scan (0/all=unlimited)", required=False)
max_bytes_per_file = OptString("250000", "Max bytes fetched per file for scanning", required=False)
max_scan_seconds = OptString("0", "Maximum scan duration in seconds (0/all=unlimited)", required=False)
progress_every = OptString("25", "Print progress every N scanned files", required=False)
timeout = OptString("10", "HTTP timeout in seconds", required=False)
output_file = OptString("", "Optional JSON output file", required=False)
SENSITIVE_PATTERNS = [
("aws_access_key_id", re.compile(r"\bAKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}\b")),
("gcp_service_account", re.compile(r"\"type\"\s*:\s*\"service_account\"")),
("github_token", re.compile(r"\bgh[pousr]_[A-Za-z0-9_]{20,}\b")),
("slack_token", re.compile(r"\bxox[baprs]-[A-Za-z0-9-]{10,}\b")),
("private_key_marker", re.compile(r"-----BEGIN (RSA |EC |OPENSSH )?PRIVATE KEY-----")),
("password_assign", re.compile(r"(?i)\b(password|passwd|pwd)\b\s*[:=]\s*[\"'][^\"']{4,}[\"']")),
("secret_assign", re.compile(r"(?i)\b(secret|api[_-]?key|token|client[_-]?secret)\b\s*[:=]\s*[\"'][^\"']{8,}[\"']")),
]
def _to_int(self, value, default_value):
try:
return max(1, int(str(value).strip()))
except Exception:
return default_value
def _parse_max(self, value):
raw = str(value).strip().lower()
if raw in ("0", "all", "unlimited", "none", ""):
return 0
try:
return max(1, int(raw))
except Exception:
return 0
def _normalize_bucket(self, value):
raw = str(value).strip()
if not raw:
return ""
if raw.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
try:
parsed = urlparse(raw)
host = parsed.hostname or ""
if host == "storage.googleapis.com":
path_parts = [p for p in (parsed.path or "").split("/") if p]
return path_parts[0] if path_parts else ""
if host.endswith(".storage.googleapis.com"):
return host.replace(".storage.googleapis.com", "")
return host.split(".")[0]
except Exception:
return ""
return raw
def _http_get_url(self, url, timeout_seconds):
parsed = urlparse(url)
host = parsed.hostname
if not host:
return None
scheme = (parsed.scheme or "https").lower()
port = parsed.port or (443 if scheme == "https" else 80)
path = parsed.path or "/"
if parsed.query:
path = f"{path}?{parsed.query}"
old_target = self.target
old_port = getattr(self, "port", 443)
old_ssl = getattr(self, "ssl", True)
try:
self.target = host
self.port = int(port)
self.ssl = (scheme == "https")
return self.http_request(method="GET", path=path, allow_redirects=True, timeout=timeout_seconds)
except Exception:
return None
finally:
self.target = old_target
self.port = old_port
self.ssl = old_ssl
def _list_objects(self, bucket, prefix, timeout_seconds, max_files):
token = ""
objects = []
def _strip_tag(tag):
return tag.split("}", 1)[1] if "}" in tag else tag
while True:
if max_files > 0:
remaining = max_files - len(objects)
if remaining <= 0:
break
page_size = min(1000, remaining)
else:
page_size = 1000
query = f"list-type=2&max-keys={page_size}"
if prefix:
query += f"&prefix={quote(prefix)}"
if token:
query += f"&continuation-token={quote(token)}"
url = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{bucket}?{query}"
resp = self._http_get_url(url, timeout_seconds)
if not resp or resp.status_code != 200:
break
try:
root = ET.fromstring(resp.text or "")
except Exception:
break
for elem in root.iter():
if _strip_tag(elem.tag) == "Contents":
key = ""
for child in elem:
if _strip_tag(child.tag) == "Key":
key = (child.text or "").strip()
break
if key:
objects.append(key)
token = ""
for elem in root.iter():
if _strip_tag(elem.tag) in ("NextContinuationToken", "NextMarker"):
token = (elem.text or "").strip()
if token:
break
if not token:
break
if max_files > 0:
return objects[:max_files]
return objects
def _scan_text(self, text):
hits = []
for name, rx in self.SENSITIVE_PATTERNS:
for m in rx.finditer(text):
snippet = text[max(0, m.start() - 30): m.end() + 30].replace("\n", " ")
hits.append({
"pattern": name,
"match_preview": snippet[:180],
})
if len(hits) >= 40:
return hits
return hits
def run(self):
bucket = self._normalize_bucket(self.target)
if not bucket:
print_error("target must be a GCS bucket name or URL")
return {"error": "invalid target"}
prefix = str(self.prefix).strip()
timeout_seconds = self._to_int(self.timeout, 10)
max_files = self._parse_max(self.max_files)
max_bytes = self._to_int(self.max_bytes_per_file, 250000)
max_scan_seconds = self._parse_max(self.max_scan_seconds)
progress_every = self._to_int(self.progress_every, 25)
print_info(f"Scanning GCS patterns in {bucket}")
files = self._list_objects(bucket, prefix, timeout_seconds, max_files)
if not files:
print_warning("No objects listed or inaccessible bucket.")
return {
"target": f"storage.googleapis.com/{bucket}",
"count_files": 0,
"count_flagged": 0,
"findings": [],
"risk_level": "LOW",
"risk_score": 0,
}
print_info(f"Objects discovered for scan: {len(files)}")
findings = []
scanned = 0
started = time.time()
for key in files:
if max_scan_seconds > 0 and (time.time() - started) > max_scan_seconds:
print_warning(f"Max scan duration reached ({max_scan_seconds}s), stopping early.")
break
url = f"https://storage.googleapis.com/{bucket}/{quote(key, safe='/')}"
resp = self._http_get_url(url, timeout_seconds)
scanned += 1
if progress_every > 0 and scanned % progress_every == 0:
print_status(
f"Scan progress: scanned={scanned}/{len(files)} "
f"flagged={len(findings)} elapsed={int(time.time() - started)}s"
)
if not resp or resp.status_code != 200:
continue
body = resp.text or ""
if len(body) > max_bytes:
body = body[:max_bytes]
hits = self._scan_text(body)
if hits:
findings.append({
"file": key,
"url": url,
"hits": hits,
"hit_count": len(hits),
})
risk_score = min(10, (len(findings) * 2) + sum(min(2, f["hit_count"] // 5) for f in findings))
risk_level = "LOW" if risk_score <= 3 else ("MEDIUM" if risk_score <= 6 else "HIGH")
result = {
"target": f"storage.googleapis.com/{bucket}",
"provider": "gcp_gcs",
"bucket": bucket,
"count_files": len(files),
"count_scanned": scanned,
"count_flagged": len(findings),
"risk_score": risk_score,
"risk_level": risk_level,
"findings": findings[:300],
}
print_success(
f"Sensitive scan done: files={len(files)} scanned={scanned} "
f"flagged={len(findings)} risk={risk_level}({risk_score})"
)
for f in findings[:20]:
print_warning(f" {f.get('file')} -> {f.get('hit_count')} hit(s)")
if self.output_file:
try:
with open(str(self.output_file), "w") as fp:
json.dump(result, fp, indent=2)
print_success(f"Results saved to {self.output_file}")
except Exception as e:
print_error(f"Failed to save output: {e}")
return result
def get_graph_nodes(self, data):
if not isinstance(data, dict) or "error" in data:
return [], []
target = data.get("target", "gcs-sensitive-scan")
nodes = [{
"id": target,
"label": target,
"group": "hostname",
"icon": "🟥",
"custom_info": (
f"Risk: {data.get('risk_level', 'LOW')} ({data.get('risk_score', 0)})\n"
f"Scanned: {data.get('count_scanned', 0)}\n"
f"Flagged: {data.get('count_flagged', 0)}"
),
}]
edges = []
for i, f in enumerate(data.get("findings", [])[:50]):
nid = f"gcs_sens_{i}"
nodes.append({
"id": nid,
"label": f"{f.get('file')} ({f.get('hit_count', 0)})"[:95],
"group": "risk",
"icon": "🔎",
"custom_info": "\n".join(
[f"File: {f.get('file', 'n/a')}", f"Hits: {f.get('hit_count', 0)}"]
+ [f"- {h.get('pattern')}: {h.get('match_preview')}" for h in f.get("hits", [])[:6]]
),
})
edges.append({"from": target, "to": nid, "label": "sensitive_hit", "custom_info": "Sensitive pattern detected"})
return nodes, edges
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