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Improper Access Control

Property Value
Language hcl
Severity low
CWE CWE-284: Improper Access Control
OWASP A05:2017 - Broken Access Control
Confidence Level Low
Impact Level Low
Likelihood Level Low

Description

Legacy ABAC authorization is enabled on this GKE cluster, which uses outdated access controls and can grant users overly broad permissions. This setting bypasses modern, more secure RBAC policies.

Impact

If exploited, attackers or unauthorized users could gain excessive privileges within the cluster, potentially allowing them to read, modify, or delete resources and compromise workloads. This weakens security boundaries and increases the risk of data breaches or service disruptions.