CVE-2026-85299: Missing Authorization in Compute Engine allows Cross-Project Disk Exfiltration
High · CVSS 8.3 (CVSS 4.0)EPSS 0.26%, 17th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: GoogleCloud
Description
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.
CWE-862
Tracked companies
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Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Google Cloud: Compute Engine
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/security-bulletins (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)