services / Google Cloud / Google App Engine Instances

An instance is the computing unit that fully hosts an App Engine application. An application may be running on one or more instances, with scaling and request routing managed by Google.

appengine.​instances.​get

This only exposes basic information about the VM it is running on (ID, zone, IP, etc) and application metrics (requests, errors, memory usage, etc)

Risks

1. Infrastructure discovery (LOW)
2. Network discovery (LOW)

Scope: CRITICAL

This privilege may grant access to sensitive data from a significant fraction of organizational functions, allow interruption of critical organizational services, or its exploit could lead to significant privilege escalation.

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