CVE-2026-85299high8.3
Missing Authorization in Compute Engine allows Cross-Project Disk Exfiltration
Impact
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.
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Affected products
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Google Cloud · Compute Engine
Other versions: unaffected
| Version / range | Source status |
|---|---|
| 0 to before 2026-08-31 | affected |
Original source 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.