GitHub OAuth Application Authorized

Last updated 8 days ago on 2026-09-24

Created 8 days ago on 2026-09-24

About

Detects when a user authorizes a GitHub OAuth application. Stolen OAuth grants persist after password changes until revoked and can clone or ZIP private repositories. This is not a GitHub App installation (integration_installation.create).

Tags

Domain: CloudDomain: SaaSDomain: IdentityPlatform: GitHubProfile: BetaUse Case: Threat DetectionTactic: Credential AccessTactic: PersistenceThreat: OAuth App ConsentData Source: GithubData Source: GitHub Audit LogsRule Type: ESQLLanguage: esql

Severity

low

Risk Score

MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Valid Accounts (T1078)(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)

False Positive Examples

Developers authorizing approved internal or vendor OAuth apps. Maintain an allowlist of expected application names and investigate first-time grants from unusual IPs or user agents.

License

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

Definition

Integration Pack: Prebuilt Security Detection Rules
Related Integrations: github(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Query

✄𐘗text code block:
✄𐘗from logs-github.audit-* metadata _id, _index, _version
| where
  event.module == "github" and data_stream.dataset == "github.audit"
    and event.action == "oauth_authorization.create"
| keep
    _id,
    _index,
    _version,
    @timestamp,
    event.action,
    user.name,
    github.org,
    github.repo,
    github.actor_ip,
    github.hashed_token,
    github.oauth_application_name,
    github.oauth_application_id,
    github.programmatic_access_type,
    github.user_agent,
    github.name

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect GitHub OAuth Application Authorized 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).