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SQL Server External Scripts Flag Disabled

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CloudSploit

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management console

SQL Server External Scripts Flag Disabled

Ensure that external scripts enabled flag is disabled for SQL Server instances.

external scripts enabled allows scripts external to SQL such as files located in an R library to be executed, which could adversely affect the security of the system.

Recommended Actions

Ensure that all SQL Server database instances have external scripts enabled flag set to disabled.

Links

https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sqlserver/flags

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