Disable EKS API audit logging¶
| Platform | Author | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| aws | Anela Tiro | 2023-07-01 |
An adversary may attempt to disable the exporting of the control plane API logs to CloudWatch
MITRE IDs¶
Required Permissions¶
- eks:UpdateClusterConfig
Required Parameters¶
| Name | Type | Description | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | str | Cluster name which will be updated | cluster_name |
Attacker Action¶
aws eks update-cluster-config --name cluster_name --logging '{"clusterLogging":[{"types":["api","audit","authenticator","controllerManager","scheduler"],"enabled":false}]}'
Detection Case¶
ELK query¶
When logs are ingested into ELK, the following Lucene query can be used to identify relevant events.
eventName:UpdateClusterConfig AND eventSource:*.eks.amazonaws.com
Sigma Definition¶
---
title: Disable EKS API audit logging
id: testing
status: experimental
author: Anela Tiro
date: 2023-07-01
description: An adversary may attempt to disable the exporting of the control plane API logs to CloudWatch
logsource:
service: cloudtrail
detection:
selection_source:
- eventSource: "*.eks.amazonaws.com"
events:
- eventName: "UpdateClusterConfig"
condition: selection_source AND events
level: low
tags:
- attack.None