GCP Service Account Risk
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from kittysploit import *
from lib.post.gcp import GcpPostMixin
class Module(Post, GcpPostMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "GCP Service Account Risk",
"description": "Assess service account hygiene, key exposure, and privilege concentration",
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"version": "1.0.0",
"session_type": SessionType.GCP_API,
"tags": ["gcp", "service-account", "credentials", "cloud"],
"references": [
"https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts",
"https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/",
],
'agent': {
'risk': 'intrusive',
'effects': ['credential_access', 'api_request'],
'expected_requests': 15,
'reversible': False,
'approval_required': True,
'produces': ['risk_signals', 'credentials'],
'cost': 1.5,
'noise': 0.5,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False},
'chain': {'produces_capabilities': [],
'consumes_capabilities': ['shell'],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': []},
},
}
check_user_managed_keys = OptBool(True, "Enumerate user-managed service account keys", False)
check_disabled_accounts = OptBool(True, "Report disabled service accounts still bound in IAM", False)
check_default_compute_sa = OptBool(True, "Flag default Compute Engine service account usage", False)
check_privileged_roles = OptBool(True, "Flag service accounts with primitive roles", False)
max_service_accounts = OptString("50", "Maximum service accounts to inspect", False)
export_json = OptString("", "Optional JSON output file", False)
verbose = OptBool(False, "Show per-account details", False)
DEFAULT_COMPUTE_SUFFIX = "[email protected]"
def run(self):
try:
print_info("Starting GCP service account risk analysis...")
project_id = self._gcp_project_id()
print_info(f"Project: {project_id or 'unknown'}")
print_info("=" * 80)
limit = self._gcp_to_int(self.max_service_accounts, 50)
accounts = list(self._gcp_body_dict("service_accounts").get("accounts") or [])[:limit]
bindings = self._gcp_iam_bindings()
findings = {
"project_id": project_id,
"service_accounts_scanned": len(accounts),
"user_managed_keys": [],
"disabled_with_bindings": [],
"default_compute_sa": [],
"privileged_bindings": [],
}
for account in accounts:
email = account.get("email", "")
if not email:
continue
if self.check_user_managed_keys:
keys = self._user_managed_keys(project_id, email)
if keys:
findings["user_managed_keys"].append({"email": email, "keys": keys})
if self.check_disabled_accounts and account.get("disabled"):
roles = self._gcp_roles_for_member(email, bindings=bindings)
if roles:
findings["disabled_with_bindings"].append({"email": email, "roles": roles})
if self.check_default_compute_sa and email.endswith(self.DEFAULT_COMPUTE_SUFFIX):
findings["default_compute_sa"].append(
{"email": email, "roles": self._gcp_roles_for_member(email, bindings=bindings)}
)
if self.check_privileged_roles:
for binding in bindings:
role = binding.get("role", "")
if not self._gcp_is_primitive_role(role):
continue
sa_members = [m for m in binding.get("members") or [] if str(m).startswith("serviceAccount:")]
if sa_members:
findings["privileged_bindings"].append({"role": role, "members": sa_members})
self._print_findings(findings)
exported = self._gcp_export_json(self.export_json, findings) if self.export_json else ""
if exported:
print_success(f"Results exported to {exported}")
return True
except Exception as exc:
print_error(f"Error during GCP service account risk analysis: {exc}")
return False
def _user_managed_keys(self, project_id, email):
encoded = email.replace("@", "%40")
data = self._gcp_get_body(
f"https://iam.googleapis.com/v1/projects/{project_id}/serviceAccounts/{encoded}/keys"
)
if not isinstance(data, dict):
return []
keys = []
for key in data.get("keys") or []:
if str(key.get("keyType", "")).upper() != "USER_MANAGED":
continue
keys.append(
{
"name": key.get("name", ""),
"valid_after": key.get("validAfterTime", ""),
"valid_before": key.get("validBeforeTime", ""),
}
)
return keys
def _print_findings(self, findings):
key_findings = findings.get("user_managed_keys") or []
print_status("User-managed keys")
if not key_findings:
print_success("No user-managed keys found on inspected service accounts")
else:
print_warning(f"Found user-managed keys on {len(key_findings)} service account(s)")
for item in key_findings[:15]:
print_warning(f" {item['email']}: {len(item['keys'])} key(s)")
disabled = findings.get("disabled_with_bindings") or []
print_status("Disabled accounts with IAM bindings")
if disabled:
print_error(f"Found {len(disabled)} disabled account(s) still bound in IAM")
else:
print_success("No disabled service accounts retain project IAM bindings")
default_sa = findings.get("default_compute_sa") or []
if default_sa:
print_warning(f"Default compute SA present on {len(default_sa)} inspected account(s)")
privileged = findings.get("privileged_bindings") or []
print_status("Privileged service account bindings")
if privileged:
print_error(f"Found {len(privileged)} privileged SA binding group(s)")
else:
print_success("No primitive roles bound directly to service accounts")
print_info("=" * 80)
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