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Kubernetes Suspicious Self-Subject Review
editKubernetes Suspicious Self-Subject Review
editThis rule detects when a service account or node attempts to enumerate their own permissions via the selfsubjectaccessreview or selfsubjectrulesreview APIs. This is highly unusual behavior for non-human identities like service accounts and nodes. An adversary may have gained access to credentials/tokens and this could be an attempt to determine what privileges they have to facilitate further movement or execution within the cluster.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- logs-kubernetes.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: None (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
- https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/apps/pan/public/downloadResource?pagePath=/content/pan/en_US/resources/whitepapers/kubernetes-privilege-escalation-excessive-permissions-in-popular-platforms
- https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authorization/#checking-api-access
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/detecting-identity-attacks-in-kubernetes/ba-p/3232340
Tags:
- Elastic
- Kubernetes
- Continuous Monitoring
- Discovery
Version: 2
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
editRule query
editkubernetes.audit.verb:"create"
and kubernetes.audit.objectRef.resource:("selfsubjectaccessreviews" or "selfsubjectrulesreviews")
and kubernetes.audit.user.username:(system\:serviceaccount\:* or system\:node\:*) or kubernetes.audit.impersonatedUser.username:(system\:serviceaccount\:* or system\:node\:*)
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Discovery
- ID: TA0007
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0007/
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Technique:
- Name: Container and Resource Discovery
- ID: T1613
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1613/