id: gcloud-sql-cross-db-ownership-chaining-enabled info: name: Cross DB Ownership Chaining Enabled in SQL Server Database Instances author: princechaddha severity: medium description: | Ensure that the "cross db ownership chaining" database flag is disabled for your Google Cloud SQL Server database instances. This flag, when enabled, can potentially introduce security risks by allowing cross-database access without explicit permissions. impact: | Enabling the "cross db ownership chaining" flag can lead to potential security vulnerabilities by allowing unauthorized access across databases. remediation: | Disable the "cross db ownership chaining" flag in your SQL Server database instance configuration to prevent unauthorized cross-database access. 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 -r '.settings.databaseFlags[]? | select(.name=="cross db ownership chaining") | .value // "null"' matchers: - type: word words: - 'on' extractors: - type: dsl dsl: - '"The cross db ownership chaining flag is enabled for SQL Server instance " + sqlInstance + " in project " + projectId' # digest: 490a00463044022016461f9616320de94701ddd7c7f394e0a40de0e877e1f3da6ef060cf41ddeb9b02206e1d50c4a65743dc1af124f7d3c97a403007cb0ab5dd8c8478ee8f6ab4b782a7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950