Elastic Security Detection Rules

GitHub Owner Role Granted To User

Last updated 12 days ago on 2024-12-10
Created a year ago on 2023-09-11

About

This rule detects when a member is granted the organization owner role of a GitHub organization. This role provides admin level privileges. Any new owner role should be investigated to determine its validity. Unauthorized owner roles could indicate compromise within your organization and provide unlimited access to data and settings.
Tags
Domain: CloudUse Case: Threat DetectionUse Case: UEBATactic: PersistenceData Source: Github
Severity
medium
Risk Score
47
MITRE ATT&CK™

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

↳ Account Manipulation (T1098)(opens in a new tab or window)

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

Query
iam where event.dataset == "github.audit" and event.action == "org.update_member" and github.permission == "admin"

Install detection rules in Elastic Security

Detect GitHub Owner Role Granted To User 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(opens in a new tab or window).