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Missing Authorization in Compute Engine allows Cross-Project Disk Exfiltration

Type: advisorySources: Official CVE List

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the disks.createSnapshot and regionDisks.createSnapshot APIs in Google Compute Engine versions prior to 2026-08-31 on Google Cloud Platform allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate cross-project disk data. This vulnerability was patched on 31 August 2026, and no customer action is needed.

Products
Compute Engine
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-85299
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 13:38 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Missing Authorization in Compute Engine allows Cross-Project Disk Exfiltration

core-cve · Original source

Published 27 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the disks.createSnapshot and regionDisks.createSnapshot APIs in Google Compute Engine versions prior to 2026-08-31 on Google Cloud Platform allows an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate cross-project disk data. This vulnerability was patched on 31 August 2026, and no customer action is needed.

cve:CVE-2026-85299

Compute Engine

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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