services / Google Cloud / Pub/Sub snapshot

A Pub/Sub snapshot captures the state of a pub/sub subscription. It retains all unacknowledged messages in the source subscription at the time of creation, and any messages published after the snapshot was created.


pubsub.​snapshots.​update

This allows updating snapshot metadata. Potential DOS and data destruction risks if the expiration time is updated.

Risks

Scope: HIGH

This privilege may grant access to sensitive data from a single organizational function, or allow interruption of a service supporting a single organizational function.

Links

  • https:​/​/​cloud.​google.​com/​pubsub/​docs/​replay-​overview#​seek_​to_​a_​snapshot
  • https:​/​/​cloud.​google.​com/​sdk/​gcloud/​reference/​pubsub/​snapshots/​create
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