GCP administrative role granted to a cloud identity

Synopsis

Field	Value
Activation Period	14 Days
Training Period	30 Days
Test Period	N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period	5 Days
Required Data	Gcp Audit Log
Detection Modules	Cloud
ATT&CK Tactic	Persistence (TA0003), Privilege Escalation (TA0004)
ATT&CK Technique	Account Manipulation (T1098), Account Manipulation: Additional Cloud Roles (T1098.003)
Severity	Informational

Description

A cloud identity granted an administrative IAM role to another identity.

Attacker's Goals

Maintain persistent access or escalate privileges within cloud environment.

Investigative actions

• Verify which permissions were granted to the identity.