id: gcloud-sql-external-scripts-enabled info: name: External Scripts Enabled in SQL Server Database Instances author: princechaddha severity: high description: | Ensure that the external scripts enabled database flag is turned off for your Google Cloud SQL Server database instances in order to disable the execution of scripts with certain remote language extensions. impact: | Enabling the external scripts enabled flag may expose the database to potential security risks by allowing the execution of external scripts that could exploit vulnerabilities. remediation: | Disable the external scripts enabled flag in your SQL Server database instance configuration to enhance security and prevent potential misuse of the feature. reference: - https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/flags tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-sql,sqlserver,gcp-cloud-config flow: | code(1) for(let projectId of iterate(template.projectIds)){ set("projectId", projectId) code(2) for(let sqlInstance of iterate(template.sqlInstances)){ set("sqlInstance", sqlInstance) code(3) } } self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | gcloud projects list --format="json(projectId)" extractors: - type: json name: projectIds internal: true json: - '.[].projectId' - engine: - sh - bash source: | gcloud sql instances list --project $projectId --filter='DATABASE_VERSION:SQLSERVER*' --format="json(name)" extractors: - type: json name: sqlInstances internal: true json: - '.[].name' - engine: - sh - bash source: | gcloud sql instances describe $sqlInstance --project $projectId --format=json | jq '.settings.databaseFlags[]? | select(.name=="external scripts enabled") | .value' matchers: - type: word words: - 'on' extractors: - type: dsl dsl: - '"The external scripts enabled flag is enabled for SQL Server instance " + sqlInstance + " in project " + projectId' # digest: 4a0a0047304502205329eb7c7f1f2d7a64551e583f092cbc0a7dac7de8a1f7166e963a508a547781022100d3fc0726dffb036f770b63c8e2dba03c40699b05bd6b4c369b440b4cb054b39e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950