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Determines if TCP port 5500 for VNC Client is open to the public. While some ports such as HTTP and HTTPS are required to be open to the public to function properly, more sensitive services such as VNC Client should be restricted to known IP addresses.

Risk Level

Medium

Address

Security

Compliance Standards

HITRUST

Triage and Remediation

Remediation

To remediate the misconfiguration “VNC Client Port Should Not Be Open” in GCP using GCP console, follow the below steps:

  1. Login to the GCP console with your credentials.
  2. Navigate to the Compute Engine section from the left-hand side menu.
  3. Click on the name of the instance where you want to remediate the misconfiguration.
  4. Click on the “Edit” button at the top of the page.
  5. Scroll down to the “Firewall” section.
  6. Click on the “default-allow-rdp” rule.
  7. Click on the “Edit” button.
  8. In the “Protocols and ports” section, uncheck the “tcp:3389” checkbox.
  9. Click on the “Save” button to save the changes.
  10. Repeat steps 6-9 for “default-allow-vnc” rule.
  11. Click on the “Save” button at the bottom of the page to save the changes.

After following the above steps, the VNC Client Port will be closed and the misconfiguration will be remediated.

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