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MySQL database instance has a passwordless default root user Affecting Cloud SQL service in Google

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    Severity Framework Snyk CCSS
    Rule category General / Access

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CC-00222
  • credit Snyk Research Team
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Description

MySQL database instances have the option for NOT having a password for the administrative/root user. This is not recommended; a password should be set to ensure that only authorized users have administrative privileges.

How to fix?

Set the name attribute to a username and the password attribute to a strong password.

Example Configuration

resource "google_sql_user" "non_admin" {
  instance = google_sql_database_instance.no_default_admin.name
  name     = "yourusernamegoeshere"
  password = "yoursuperstrongpasswordgoeshere"
  host     = "example.com"
}