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6.5 Ensure That Cloud SQL Database Instances Do Not Implicitly Whitelist All Public IP Addresses (Automated)​

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Description​

Database Server should accept connections only from trusted Networks/IPs and restrict access from public IP addresses.

Rationale​

To minimize attack surface on a Database server instance, only trusted/known and required IP(s) should be white-listed to connect to it.

An authorized network should not have IPs/networks configured to 0.0.0.0/0 which will allow access to the instance from anywhere in the world. Note that authorized networks apply only to instances with public IPs.

Impact​

The Cloud SQL database instance would not be available to public IP addresses.

Audit​

From Console:

  1. Go to the Cloud SQL Instances page in the Google Cloud Console by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/sql/instances.
  2. Click the instance name to open its Instance details page.
  3. Under the Configuration section click Edit configurations
  4. Under Configuration options expand the Connectivity section.
  5. Ensure that no authorized network is configured to allow 0.0.0.0/0.

From Command Line:

  1. Get detailed configuration for every Cloud SQL database instance.
gcloud sql instances list --format=json

Ensure that the section settings: ipConfiguration : authorizedNetworks does not have any parameter value containing 0.0.0.0/0.

Remediation​

From Console:

  1. Go to the Cloud SQL Instances page in the Google Cloud Console by visiting https://console.cloud.google.com/sql/instances.
  2. Click the instance name to open its Instance details page.
  3. Under the Configuration section click Edit configurations.
  4. Under Configuration options expand the Connectivity section.
  5. Click the delete icon for the authorized network 0.0.0.0/0.
  6. Click Save to update the instance.

From Command Line:

Update the authorized network list by dropping off any addresses.

gcloud sql instances patch <instance_name> --authorized-networks=IP_ADDR1,IP_ADDR2

Prevention:

To prevent configuration of new SQL instances to accept incoming connections from any IP addresses, set up a Restrict Authorized Networks on Cloud SQL instances Organization Policy at: https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/orgpolicies/sql-restrictAuthorizedNetworks.

References​

https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/configure-ip
https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/orgpolicies/sql-restrictAuthorizedNetworks
https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/organization-policy/org-policy-constraints
https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/connection-org-policy

Additional Information​

There is no IPv6 configuration found for Google cloud SQL server services.

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