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Workload Providers

Open Unified Identities › Resources, filter Providers to GCP Identities › Workload Provider, then select a row to open its details. Workload Providers define how external (non-human, e.g., OIDC or AWS) workload identities federate into a Workload Identity Pool.

Workload Providers

Workload Providers Details

Opening a workload provider shows the Details, Attribute Condition, and Attribute Mapping tabs. The card title can carry a Tier 0/Tier 2 badge, a provider type badge (OIDC, SAML or AWS) and a Disabled badge.

You can analyze the object in the Graph by clicking the Graph » button next to the Information title.

GCP Workload Provider Details

The Details tab contains attributes about the GCP Workload Provider. The page also includes an Issues panel that lists any security findings related to the provider, along with a Risk score and Exposure Point.

Information

Attribute
Description

Display Name

The human-readable name of the provider (e.g., custom-issuer-provider).

Name

The full resource path of the provider (e.g., projects/627426666292/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/vulnerable-pool/providers/custom-issuer-provider).

OIDC Provider / SAML Provider / AWS Provider

The provider type (OIDC, SAML or AWS).

State

The lifecycle state of the provider (e.g., ACTIVE).

Description

A free-text description of the provider.

Disabled

Indicates whether the provider is currently disabled.

Issuer URI

The URI of the external OIDC issuer (e.g., https://my-internal-idp.company.com).

Allowed Audiences

The list of audiences accepted from the external issuer, if restricted.

AWS Account ID

The AWS account trusted by an AWS provider.

Parent Pool

The workload identity pool of the provider; links to the pool details.

Location

The location of the provider (e.g., global).

Attribute Condition

Displays the CEL condition used to restrict which external identities may federate through the provider.

Attribute Mapping

Displays the mapping between external identity attributes and Google Cloud attributes in Source Attribute and Target Attribute columns.

Issues

Lists security findings associated with the provider (e.g., Workload Identity Pool Provider Has No Attribute Condition), each tagged with relevant categories such as Least Privilege or Credential Security, and a severity rating (e.g., High).

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