High Number of Cloned GitHub Repos From PAT

Detects a high number of unique private repo clone events originating from a single personal access token within a short time period.

Rule type: threshold

Rule indices:

• logs-github.audit-*

Severity: low

Risk score: 21

Runs every: 5m

Searches indices from: now-6m (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/common-options.html#date-math[Date Math format], see also Additional look-back time)

Maximum alerts per execution: 100

References: None

Tags:

• Domain: Cloud
• Use Case: Threat Detection
• Use Case: UEBA
• Tactic: Execution
• Data Source: Github

Version: 204

Rule authors:

• Elastic

Rule license: Elastic License v2

event.dataset:"github.audit" and event.category:"configuration" and event.action:"git.clone" and
github.programmatic_access_type:("OAuth access token" or "Fine-grained personal access token") and
github.repository_public:false

Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM

• Tactic:

  • Name: Execution
  • ID: TA0002
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/

• Technique:

  • Name: Serverless Execution
  • ID: T1648
  • Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1648/