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Use Service Account

MEDIUM
Source
Trivy
ID
AVD-GCP-0050
terraform

Checks for service account defined for GKE nodes

You should create and use a minimally privileged service account to run your GKE cluster instead of using the Compute Engine default service account.

Impact

Service accounts with wide permissions can increase the risk of compromise

Follow the appropriate remediation steps below to resolve the issue.

Use limited permissions for service accounts to be effective

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 resource "google_container_cluster" "good_example" {
 	node_config {
 		service_account = "cool-service-account@example.com"
 	}
 }
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