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Application Integration EUVDEUVD-2026-64241

| CVE-2026-12710 CRITICAL
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-08-22 GoogleCloud GHSA-m95m-h7f9-f822
9.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: GoogleCloud
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach Application Integration endpoint
  2. Exploit
    Invoke QueryEngineTask request
  3. Execution
    Bypass missing authorization check
  4. Impact
    Retrieve sensitive internal data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation targets the QueryEngineTask component of Google Cloud Application Integration and requires no authentication, no privileges, and no user interaction (CVSS PR:N/UI:N/AC:L/AV:N), meaning it applied to reachable deployments of the service without special tenant configuration during the affected window. The primary limiting factors are temporal and platform-bound: only service versions from 2025-04-28 to 2026-04-04 were vulnerable, the flaw was reachable only through the specific QueryEngineTask path, and because this is a Google-managed service the fix was deployed centrally on 2026-04-04, closing the window for all tenants without customer intervention.

Impact

The signals are moderately aligned toward high severity but incomplete. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N, VC:H/VI:H) describes trivial, unauthenticated, low-complexity network access with high confidentiality AND integrity impact, yielding 9.3 - a genuinely serious profile for a data-access flaw. However, the description only states that an attacker can 'access sensitive internal data' (a read/confidentiality outcome) and does not substantiate the VI:H integrity claim, so there is a discrepancy between the narrative and the scored vector that should be verified with Google. No EPSS score, KEV entry, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided; absent those, exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified, and the class of bug (missing authorization on a reachable endpoint) is the kind that is often automatable if a request path is known. Because this is a fully managed cloud service that Google states is already patched with no customer action required, real-world residual risk to current tenants is low even though the pre-fix window (roughly a year) was high-impact; any organization that used the service during that window should treat the historical exposure of internal data as a potential-disclosure event and review whether sensitive data was reachable.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An external attacker who can reach the Application Integration service sends a request that invokes a QueryEngineTask code path lacking an authorization check, retrieving internal data belonging to a tenant without any credentials or user interaction. Because the CVSS vector indicates network vector and low complexity with no privileges required, the request could be issued directly over the network; no public POC has been identified at time of analysis.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 22, 2026

Broken access control in Google Cloud Application Integration's QueryEngineTask lets an unauthenticated external attacker reach sensitive internal data across service versions released between 2025-04-28 and 2026-04-04. The flaw is a missing authorization check (CWE-862) on a task component of this managed iPaaS offering; Google reports it was fixed server-side on 2026-04-04 with no customer action required. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the vendor's CVSS 4.0 base score of 9.3 reflects the unauthenticated network reach.

RemediationAI

No customer action is required: Google states the issue was patched server-side on 2026-04-04, so the fix is applied automatically to the managed service (patch available per vendor advisory; exact tagged version not applicable to a cloud offering). Organizations should confirm they are on the current service and review the release notes at https://cloud.google.com/application-integration/docs/release-notes#August_21_2026. For due diligence covering the pre-patch exposure window, teams that operated integrations handling sensitive data between 2025-04-28 and 2026-04-04 should review access and audit logs for anomalous QueryEngineTask activity, rotate any secrets or credentials that may have transited affected integrations, and, where possible, treat previously reachable internal data as potentially exposed. No self-hosted workaround applies because remediation is entirely vendor-controlled.

Affected VersionsENISA

Application Integration 2025-04-28 <2026-04-04

Affected Packages

euvd application_integration fix: 2026-04-04

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Application Integration is Google Cloud's managed integration platform (iPaaS) for connecting applications, APIs, and data sources through configurable tasks and triggers. The affected component, QueryEngineTask, is an execution task that runs queries against connected/internal data. The root cause is CWE-862 Missing Authorization: the task path performed a privileged data-retrieval operation without properly verifying that the requesting principal was entitled to the data, so authorization was effectively absent rather than merely misconfigured. Because the platform is a multi-tenant cloud service (CPE cpe:2.3:a:google_cloud:application_integration), the exposure is defined by service version windows rather than by installable release numbers.

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Severity by source

Vendor (GoogleCloud) PRIMARY 9.3 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Clear
vuln.today AI 7.5 HIGH

Unauthenticated low-complexity network access (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); confidentiality high per the data-access description, but integrity set to N since only read access is substantiated.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (GoogleCloud).

CVSS VectorVendor: GoogleCloud

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 22, 2026 - 09:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 22, 2026 - 08:13 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.3

DescriptionCVE.org

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in the QueryEngineTask of Google Cloud Application Integration (versions from 2025-04-28 to 2026-04-04) allows an external attacker to access sensitive internal data.

The issue was patched on April 4, 2026; no customer action is required.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Google Cloud Application Integration contained a critical broken access control vulnerability (CVE-2026-12710, CVSS 9.3) that allowed unauthenticated external attackers to access sensitive data within the managed integration platform. Organizations using this service between April 28, 2025, and April 4, 2026, faced potential exposure of data processed through iPaaS workflows. Google patched the vulnerability server-side on April 4, 2026, requiring no customer action, but affected organizations should verify data exposure and review access logs during the vulnerable window.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

Vendor-patched server-side on April 4, 2026; no customer patch deployment required. Implement defense-in-depth: VPC Service Controls with egress restrictions on Application Integration APIs, least-privilege access policies on integration tasks, service account authentication enforcement, and 90-day audit log retention.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
GCP managed integration (iPaaS) service, moderate enterprise adoption
Social Media
5
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
Very High

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +46
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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