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@cx-andre-pereira cx-andre-pereira commented Oct 21, 2025

Reason for Proposed Changes

  • Currently there is no query to ensure that a "google_sql_database_instance" resource with a "POSTGRES" based "database_version" has the 'cloudsql.enable_pgaudit' flag enabled.

  • Quoting CIS_Google_Cloud_Platform_Foundation_Benchmark_v4.0.0 page 238: "As numerous other recommendations in this section consist of turning on flags for logging purposes, your organization will need a way to manage these logs. You may have a solution already in place. If you do not, consider installing and enabling the open source pgaudit extension within PostgreSQL and enabling its corresponding flag of cloudsql.enable_pgaudit. This flag and installing the extension enables database auditing in PostgreSQL through the open-source pgAudit extension. This extension provides detailed session and object logging to comply with government, financial, & ISO standards and provides auditing capabilities to mitigate threats by monitoring security events on the instance. "

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  • Implemented the missing query.

  • The query will flag for 4 separate instances : (all after ensuring "database_version" is POSTGRES based (possible values list))

    • Missing the "settings" field
    • Missing the "settings.database_flags" field
    • Missing a definition for the "cloudsql.enable_pgaudit" flag on the "database_flags" field
    • Setting the "cloudsql.enable_pgaudit" flag to a value that is not "on" (default value is off)

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@cx-andre-pereira cx-andre-pereira marked this pull request as ready for review October 21, 2025 14:37
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LGTM! Nice job!

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@cx-andre-pereira cx-andre-pereira merged commit 0b51150 into master Nov 5, 2025
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