In a comprehensive analysis of nearly five million internet-exposed assets, Google Cloud-hosted services showed 38% of assets with at least one security issue, more than double AWS’s 15% rate. Moreover, 5.35% of Google Cloud assets contained vulnerabilities deemed easy to exploit by attackers, driven by both misconfigurations and known software flaws. Although no widespread data theft or severe breaches have been reported to date, this high exposure rate leaves customer workloads susceptible to unauthorized access, potential data exposure, and service disruptions. Critical issues, while less common at 0.04%, combined with easily exploitable vulnerabilities could allow attackers to pivot through cloud environments, potentially undermining trust and disrupting business operations. Left unaddressed, these vulnerabilities may result in unexpected downtime, compliance violations, and reputational harm as security incidents attract media attention and scrutiny from regulatory bodies. The complexity of multi-cloud deployments further exacerbates the challenge, with overlooked assets and shadow IT creating additional attack surface. Security teams must prioritize continuous monitoring, automated patch management, and seedless discovery to identify and remediate misconfigurations and software flaws before they can be weaponized by adversaries.
Source: https://hackread.com/cloud-vulnerability-data-google-cloud-leads-risk/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/googlecloudsecurity
"id": "goo1046050625",
"linkid": "googlecloudsecurity",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "5/2025",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Google Cloud',
'type': 'Cloud Service Provider'},
{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'AWS',
'type': 'Cloud Service Provider'}],
'attack_vector': ['Misconfiguration', 'Known Software Flaws'],
'description': 'A comprehensive analysis of nearly five million '
'internet-exposed assets revealed that 38% of Google '
'Cloud-hosted services had at least one security issue, more '
'than double AWS’s 15% rate. Additionally, 5.35% of Google '
'Cloud assets contained vulnerabilities deemed easy to exploit '
'by attackers, driven by both misconfigurations and known '
'software flaws. Although no widespread data theft or severe '
'breaches have been reported to date, this high exposure rate '
'leaves customer workloads susceptible to unauthorized access, '
'potential data exposure, and service disruptions. Critical '
'issues, while less common at 0.04%, combined with easily '
'exploitable vulnerabilities could allow attackers to pivot '
'through cloud environments, potentially undermining trust and '
'disrupting business operations. Left unaddressed, these '
'vulnerabilities may result in unexpected downtime, compliance '
'violations, and reputational harm as security incidents '
'attract media attention and scrutiny from regulatory bodies. '
'The complexity of multi-cloud deployments further exacerbates '
'the challenge, with overlooked assets and shadow IT creating '
'additional attack surface. Security teams must prioritize '
'continuous monitoring, automated patch management, and '
'seedless discovery to identify and remediate '
'misconfigurations and software flaws before they can be '
'weaponized by adversaries.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': ['Reputational Harm'],
'downtime': ['Unexpected Downtime'],
'legal_liabilities': ['Compliance Violations'],
'operational_impact': ['Service Disruptions',
'Business Operations Disruptions'],
'systems_affected': ['Google Cloud', 'AWS']},
'lessons_learned': 'Security teams must prioritize continuous monitoring, '
'automated patch management, and seedless discovery to '
'identify and remediate misconfigurations and software '
'flaws before they can be weaponized by adversaries.',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Continuous Monitoring',
'Automated Patch Management',
'Seedless Discovery'],
'root_causes': ['Misconfigurations',
'Known Software Flaws']},
'recommendations': 'Prioritize continuous monitoring, automated patch '
'management, and seedless discovery to identify and '
'remediate misconfigurations and software flaws before '
'they can be weaponized by adversaries.',
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Continuous Monitoring',
'Automated Patch Management',
'Seedless Discovery']},
'title': 'Cloud Security Issues in Google Cloud and AWS',
'type': ['Vulnerability Exploitation', 'Misconfiguration'],
'vulnerability_exploited': ['Easily Exploitable Vulnerabilities',
'Critical Issues']}