id: gcloud-postgresql-log-hostname-disabled info: name: Log Hostname Flag Disabled for PostgreSQL Database Instances author: princechaddha severity: medium description: | Ensure that the "log_hostname" database flag is enabled for your Google Cloud PostgreSQL database instances in order to assist with incident response and tracking usage in an environment utilizing dynamic IP addresses. There is a potential cost to server performance caused by hostname logging. impact: | If the "log_hostname" flag is disabled, tracking and responding to incidents in dynamic IP address environments becomes more challenging, reducing the visibility of database activity and increasing the risk of undetected malicious activity. remediation: | Enable the "log_hostname" database flag for all PostgreSQL database instances in your Google Cloud environment to ensure proper logging and traceability. reference: - https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/configure-instance-settings tags: cloud,devops,gcp,gcloud,google-cloud-sql,postgresql,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:POSTGRES*' --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 // [] | map(select(.name=="log_hostname")) | .[].value' matchers: - type: word words: - 'off' extractors: - type: dsl dsl: - '"Log Hostname flag is disabled for PostgreSQL instance: " + sqlInstance + " in project: " + projectId' # digest: 4a0a0047304502200a50d2d4306baf7cfef1c9e360183e9206518794f0c0bd110af27e6d81c28fcf022100d435890fbffc6ab9b4073f08b5c81512aa2b8c2a3564d38c3764db360acb096b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950