REST Resource: organizations.sources.findings

Resource: Finding

Security Command Center finding.

A finding is a record of assessment data like security, risk, health, or privacy, that is ingested into Security Command Center for presentation, notification, analysis, policy testing, and enforcement. For example, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in an App Engine application is a finding.

JSON representation
{
  "name": string,
  "parent": string,
  "resourceName": string,
  "state": enum (State),
  "category": string,
  "externalUri": string,
  "sourceProperties": {
    string: value,
    ...
  },
  "securityMarks": {
    object (SecurityMarks)
  },
  "eventTime": string,
  "createTime": string,
  "severity": enum (Severity),
  "canonicalName": string,
  "mute": enum (Mute),
  "findingClass": enum (FindingClass),
  "indicator": {
    object (Indicator)
  },
  "vulnerability": {
    object (Vulnerability)
  },
  "muteUpdateTime": string,
  "externalSystems": {
    string: {
      object (ExternalSystem)
    },
    ...
  },
  "mitreAttack": {
    object (MitreAttack)
  },
  "access": {
    object (Access)
  },
  "connections": [
    {
      object (Connection)
    }
  ],
  "muteInitiator": string,
  "processes": [
    {
      object (Process)
    }
  ],
  "contacts": {
    string: {
      object (ContactDetails)
    },
    ...
  },
  "compliances": [
    {
      object (Compliance)
    }
  ],
  "parentDisplayName": string,
  "description": string,
  "exfiltration": {
    object (Exfiltration)
  },
  "iamBindings": [
    {
      object (IamBinding)
    }
  ],
  "nextSteps": string,
  "moduleName": string,
  "containers": [
    {
      object (Container)
    }
  ],
  "kubernetes": {
    object (Kubernetes)
  },
  "database": {
    object (Database)
  },
  "attackExposure": {
    object (AttackExposure)
  },
  "files": [
    {
      object (File)
    }
  ],
  "cloudDlpInspection": {
    object (CloudDlpInspection)
  },
  "cloudDlpDataProfile": {
    object (CloudDlpDataProfile)
  },
  "kernelRootkit": {
    object (KernelRootkit)
  },
  "orgPolicies": [
    {
      object (OrgPolicy)
    }
  ],
  "securityPosture": {
    object (SecurityPosture)
  },
  "logEntries": [
    {
      object (LogEntry)
    }
  ],
  "loadBalancers": [
    {
      object (LoadBalancer)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
name

string

The relative resource name of the finding. Example: "organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}", "folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}", "projects/{projectId}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}".

parent

string

The relative resource name of the source the finding belongs to. See: https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#relative_resource_name This field is immutable after creation time. For example: "organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}"

resourceName

string

For findings on Google Cloud resources, the full resource name of the Google Cloud resource this finding is for. See: https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#full_resource_name When the finding is for a non-Google Cloud resource, the resourceName can be a customer or partner defined string. This field is immutable after creation time.

state

enum (State)

The state of the finding.

category

string

The additional taxonomy group within findings from a given source. This field is immutable after creation time. Example: "XSS_FLASH_INJECTION"

externalUri

string

The URI that, if available, points to a web page outside of Security Command Center where additional information about the finding can be found. This field is guaranteed to be either empty or a well formed URL.

sourceProperties

map (key: string, value: value (Value format))

Source specific properties. These properties are managed by the source that writes the finding. The key names in the sourceProperties map must be between 1 and 255 characters, and must start with a letter and contain alphanumeric characters or underscores only.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

securityMarks

object (SecurityMarks)

Output only. User specified security marks. These marks are entirely managed by the user and come from the SecurityMarks resource that belongs to the finding.

eventTime

string (Timestamp format)

The time the finding was first detected. If an existing finding is updated, then this is the time the update occurred. For example, if the finding represents an open firewall, this property captures the time the detector believes the firewall became open. The accuracy is determined by the detector. If the finding is later resolved, then this time reflects when the finding was resolved. This must not be set to a value greater than the current timestamp.

A timestamp in RFC3339 UTC "Zulu" format, with nanosecond resolution and up to nine fractional digits. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" and "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z".

createTime

string (Timestamp format)

The time at which the finding was created in Security Command Center.

A timestamp in RFC3339 UTC "Zulu" format, with nanosecond resolution and up to nine fractional digits. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" and "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z".

severity

enum (Severity)

The severity of the finding. This field is managed by the source that writes the finding.

canonicalName

string

The canonical name of the finding. It's either "organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}", "folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}" or "projects/{project_number}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}", depending on the closest CRM ancestor of the resource associated with the finding.

mute

enum (Mute)

Indicates the mute state of a finding (either muted, unmuted or undefined). Unlike other attributes of a finding, a finding provider shouldn't set the value of mute.

findingClass

enum (FindingClass)

The class of the finding.

indicator

object (Indicator)

Represents what's commonly known as an indicator of compromise (IoC) in computer forensics. This is an artifact observed on a network or in an operating system that, with high confidence, indicates a computer intrusion. For more information, see Indicator of compromise.

vulnerability

object (Vulnerability)

Represents vulnerability-specific fields like CVE and CVSS scores. CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (https://cve.mitre.org/about/)

muteUpdateTime

string (Timestamp format)

Output only. The most recent time this finding was muted or unmuted.

A timestamp in RFC3339 UTC "Zulu" format, with nanosecond resolution and up to nine fractional digits. Examples: "2014-10-02T15:01:23Z" and "2014-10-02T15:01:23.045123456Z".

externalSystems

map (key: string, value: object (ExternalSystem))

Output only. Third party SIEM/SOAR fields within SCC, contains external system information and external system finding fields.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

mitreAttack

object (MitreAttack)

MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques related to this finding. See: https://attack.mitre.org

access

object (Access)

Access details associated with the finding, such as more information on the caller, which method was accessed, and from where.

connections[]

object (Connection)

Contains information about the IP connection associated with the finding.

muteInitiator

string

Records additional information about the mute operation, for example, the mute configuration that muted the finding and the user who muted the finding.

processes[]

object (Process)

Represents operating system processes associated with the Finding.

contacts

map (key: string, value: object (ContactDetails))

Output only. Map containing the points of contact for the given finding. The key represents the type of contact, while the value contains a list of all the contacts that pertain. Please refer to: https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/managing-notification-contacts#notification-categories

{
  "security": {
    "contacts": [
      {
        "email": "person1@company.com"
      },
      {
        "email": "person2@company.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

compliances[]

object (Compliance)

Contains compliance information for security standards associated to the finding.

parentDisplayName

string

Output only. The human readable display name of the finding source such as "Event Threat Detection" or "Security Health Analytics".

description

string

Contains more details about the finding.

exfiltration

object (Exfiltration)

Represents exfiltrations associated with the finding.

iamBindings[]

object (IamBinding)

Represents IAM bindings associated with the finding.

nextSteps

string

Steps to address the finding.

moduleName

string

Unique identifier of the module which generated the finding. Example: folders/598186756061/securityHealthAnalyticsSettings/customModules/56799441161885

containers[]

object (Container)

Containers associated with the finding. This field provides information for both Kubernetes and non-Kubernetes containers.

kubernetes

object (Kubernetes)

Kubernetes resources associated with the finding.

database

object (Database)

Database associated with the finding.

attackExposure

object (AttackExposure)

The results of an attack path simulation relevant to this finding.

files[]

object (File)

File associated with the finding.

cloudDlpInspection

object (CloudDlpInspection)

Cloud Data Loss Prevention (Cloud DLP) inspection results that are associated with the finding.

cloudDlpDataProfile

object (CloudDlpDataProfile)

Cloud DLP data profile that is associated with the finding.

kernelRootkit

object (KernelRootkit)

Signature of the kernel rootkit.

orgPolicies[]

object (OrgPolicy)

Contains information about the org policies associated with the finding.

securityPosture

object (SecurityPosture)

The security posture associated with the finding.

logEntries[]

object (LogEntry)

Log entries that are relevant to the finding.

loadBalancers[]

object (LoadBalancer)

The load balancers associated with the finding.

State

The state of the finding.

Enums
STATE_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified state.
ACTIVE The finding requires attention and has not been addressed yet.
INACTIVE The finding has been fixed, triaged as a non-issue or otherwise addressed and is no longer active.

SecurityMarks

User specified security marks that are attached to the parent Security Command Center resource. Security marks are scoped within a Security Command Center organization -- they can be modified and viewed by all users who have proper permissions on the organization.

JSON representation
{
  "name": string,
  "marks": {
    string: string,
    ...
  },
  "canonicalName": string
}
Fields
name

string

The relative resource name of the SecurityMarks. See: https://cloud.google.com/apis/design/resource_names#relative_resource_name Examples: "organizations/{organization_id}/assets/{asset_id}/securityMarks" "organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}/securityMarks".

marks

map (key: string, value: string)

Mutable user specified security marks belonging to the parent resource. Constraints are as follows:

  • Keys and values are treated as case insensitive
  • Keys must be between 1 - 256 characters (inclusive)
  • Keys must be letters, numbers, underscores, or dashes
  • Values have leading and trailing whitespace trimmed, remaining characters must be between 1 - 4096 characters (inclusive)

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs. Example: { "name": "wrench", "mass": "1.3kg", "count": "3" }.

canonicalName

string

The canonical name of the marks. Examples: "organizations/{organization_id}/assets/{asset_id}/securityMarks" "folders/{folder_id}/assets/{asset_id}/securityMarks" "projects/{project_number}/assets/{asset_id}/securityMarks" "organizations/{organization_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}/securityMarks" "folders/{folder_id}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}/securityMarks" "projects/{project_number}/sources/{source_id}/findings/{findingId}/securityMarks"

Severity

The severity of the finding.

Enums
SEVERITY_UNSPECIFIED This value is used for findings when a source doesn't write a severity value.
CRITICAL

Vulnerability: A critical vulnerability is easily discoverable by an external actor, exploitable, and results in the direct ability to execute arbitrary code, exfiltrate data, and otherwise gain additional access and privileges to cloud resources and workloads. Examples include publicly accessible unprotected user data and public SSH access with weak or no passwords.

Threat: Indicates a threat that is able to access, modify, or delete data or execute unauthorized code within existing resources.

HIGH

Vulnerability: A high risk vulnerability can be easily discovered and exploited in combination with other vulnerabilities in order to gain direct access and the ability to execute arbitrary code, exfiltrate data, and otherwise gain additional access and privileges to cloud resources and workloads. An example is a database with weak or no passwords that is only accessible internally. This database could easily be compromised by an actor that had access to the internal network.

Threat: Indicates a threat that is able to create new computational resources in an environment but not able to access data or execute code in existing resources.

MEDIUM

Vulnerability: A medium risk vulnerability could be used by an actor to gain access to resources or privileges that enable them to eventually (through multiple steps or a complex exploit) gain access and the ability to execute arbitrary code or exfiltrate data. An example is a service account with access to more projects than it should have. If an actor gains access to the service account, they could potentially use that access to manipulate a project the service account was not intended to.

Threat: Indicates a threat that is able to cause operational impact but may not access data or execute unauthorized code.

LOW

Vulnerability: A low risk vulnerability hampers a security organization's ability to detect vulnerabilities or active threats in their deployment, or prevents the root cause investigation of security issues. An example is monitoring and logs being disabled for resource configurations and access.

Threat: Indicates a threat that has obtained minimal access to an environment but is not able to access data, execute code, or create resources.

Mute

Mute state a finding can be in.

Enums
MUTE_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified.
MUTED Finding has been muted.
UNMUTED Finding has been unmuted.
UNDEFINED Finding has never been muted/unmuted.

FindingClass

Represents what kind of Finding it is.

Enums
FINDING_CLASS_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified finding class.
THREAT Describes unwanted or malicious activity.
VULNERABILITY Describes a potential weakness in software that increases risk to Confidentiality & Integrity & Availability.
MISCONFIGURATION Describes a potential weakness in cloud resource/asset configuration that increases risk.
OBSERVATION Describes a security observation that is for informational purposes.
SCC_ERROR Describes an error that prevents some SCC functionality.
POSTURE_VIOLATION Describes a potential security risk due to a change in the security posture.

Indicator

Represents what's commonly known as an indicator of compromise (IoC) in computer forensics. This is an artifact observed on a network or in an operating system that, with high confidence, indicates a computer intrusion. For more information, see Indicator of compromise.

JSON representation
{
  "ipAddresses": [
    string
  ],
  "domains": [
    string
  ],
  "signatures": [
    {
      object (ProcessSignature)
    }
  ],
  "uris": [
    string
  ]
}
Fields
ipAddresses[]

string

The list of IP addresses that are associated with the finding.

domains[]

string

List of domains associated to the Finding.

signatures[]

object (ProcessSignature)

The list of matched signatures indicating that the given process is present in the environment.

uris[]

string

The list of URIs associated to the Findings.

ProcessSignature

Indicates what signature matched this process.

JSON representation
{

  // Union field signature can be only one of the following:
  "memoryHashSignature": {
    object (MemoryHashSignature)
  },
  "yaraRuleSignature": {
    object (YaraRuleSignature)
  }
  // End of list of possible types for union field signature.
}
Fields

Union field signature.

signature can be only one of the following:

memoryHashSignature

object (MemoryHashSignature)

Signature indicating that a binary family was matched.

yaraRuleSignature

object (YaraRuleSignature)

Signature indicating that a YARA rule was matched.

MemoryHashSignature

A signature corresponding to memory page hashes.

JSON representation
{
  "binaryFamily": string,
  "detections": [
    {
      object (Detection)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
binaryFamily

string

The binary family.

detections[]

object (Detection)

The list of memory hash detections contributing to the binary family match.

Detection

Memory hash detection contributing to the binary family match.

JSON representation
{
  "binary": string,
  "percentPagesMatched": number
}
Fields
binary

string

The name of the binary associated with the memory hash signature detection.

percentPagesMatched

number

The percentage of memory page hashes in the signature that were matched.

YaraRuleSignature

A signature corresponding to a YARA rule.

JSON representation
{
  "yaraRule": string
}
Fields
yaraRule

string

The name of the YARA rule.

Vulnerability

Refers to common vulnerability fields e.g. cve, cvss, cwe etc.

JSON representation
{
  "cve": {
    object (Cve)
  }
}
Fields
cve

object (Cve)

CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (https://cve.mitre.org/about/)

Cve

CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. More information: https://cve.mitre.org

JSON representation
{
  "id": string,
  "references": [
    {
      object (Reference)
    }
  ],
  "cvssv3": {
    object (Cvssv3)
  },
  "upstreamFixAvailable": boolean
}
Fields
id

string

The unique identifier for the vulnerability. e.g. CVE-2021-34527

references[]

object (Reference)

Additional information about the CVE. e.g. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34527

cvssv3

object (Cvssv3)

Describe Common Vulnerability Scoring System specified at https://www.first.org/cvss/v3.1/specification-document

upstreamFixAvailable

boolean

Whether upstream fix is available for the CVE.

Reference

Additional Links

JSON representation
{
  "source": string,
  "uri": string
}
Fields
source

string

Source of the reference e.g. NVD

uri

string

Uri for the mentioned source e.g. https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-34527.

Cvssv3

Common Vulnerability Scoring System version 3.

JSON representation
{
  "baseScore": number,
  "attackVector": enum (AttackVector),
  "attackComplexity": enum (AttackComplexity),
  "privilegesRequired": enum (PrivilegesRequired),
  "userInteraction": enum (UserInteraction),
  "scope": enum (Scope),
  "confidentialityImpact": enum (Impact),
  "integrityImpact": enum (Impact),
  "availabilityImpact": enum (Impact)
}
Fields
baseScore

number

The base score is a function of the base metric scores.

attackVector

enum (AttackVector)

Base Metrics Represents the intrinsic characteristics of a vulnerability that are constant over time and across user environments. This metric reflects the context by which vulnerability exploitation is possible.

attackComplexity

enum (AttackComplexity)

This metric describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control that must exist in order to exploit the vulnerability.

privilegesRequired

enum (PrivilegesRequired)

This metric describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess before successfully exploiting the vulnerability.

userInteraction

enum (UserInteraction)

This metric captures the requirement for a human user, other than the attacker, to participate in the successful compromise of the vulnerable component.

scope

enum (Scope)

The Scope metric captures whether a vulnerability in one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.

confidentialityImpact

enum (Impact)

This metric measures the impact to the confidentiality of the information resources managed by a software component due to a successfully exploited vulnerability.

integrityImpact

enum (Impact)

This metric measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability.

availabilityImpact

enum (Impact)

This metric measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component resulting from a successfully exploited vulnerability.

AttackVector

This metric reflects the context by which vulnerability exploitation is possible.

Enums
ATTACK_VECTOR_UNSPECIFIED Invalid value.
ATTACK_VECTOR_NETWORK The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet.
ATTACK_VECTOR_ADJACENT The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack, but the attack is limited at the protocol level to a logically adjacent topology.