New GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) Added

Last updated a month ago on 2025-12-16

Created 2 years ago on 2023-12-16

About

Detects when a new GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) is created. Adversaries may create new PATs to maintain persistent access to a compromised account or to escalate privileges within an organization.

Tags

Domain: CloudUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: PersistenceTactic: Credential AccessData Source: GithubLanguage: eql

Severity

low

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

Persistence (TA0003)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Create Account (T1136)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Credential Access (TA0006)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

↳ Steal Application Access Token (T1528)(external, opens in a new tab or window)

License

Elastic License v2(external, opens in a new tab or window)

Definition

Rule Type: Event Correlation Rule
Integration Pack: Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Index Patterns: logs-github.audit-*
Related Integrations: github(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗configuration where event.dataset == "github.audit" and github.operation_type == "create" and
github.category == "personal_access_token" and event.action == "personal_access_token.access_granted"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect New GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) Added in the Elastic Security detection engine by installing this rule into your Elastic Stack.

To setup this rule, check out the installation guide for Prebuilt Security Detection Rules(external, opens in a new tab or window).