First Occurrence of GitHub Repo Interaction From a New IP

[metadata]
bypass_bbr_timing = true
creation_date = "2023/10/11"
integration = ["github"]
maturity = "production"
updated_date = "2026/03/24"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
building_block_type = "default"
description = "Detects an interaction with a private GitHub repository from a new IP address not seen in the last 14 days.\n"
from = "now-9m"
index = ["logs-github.audit-*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "First Occurrence of GitHub Repo Interaction From a New IP"
risk_score = 21
rule_id = "0294f105-d7af-4a02-ae90-35f56763ffa2"
severity = "low"
tags = [
    "Domain: Cloud",
    "Use Case: Threat Detection",
    "Use Case: UEBA",
    "Tactic: Execution",
    "Rule Type: BBR",
    "Data Source: Github",
]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "new_terms"

query = '''
event.dataset:"github.audit" and event.category:"configuration" and
github.actor_ip:* and github.repo:* and 
github.repository_public:false
'''


[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"

[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1648"
name = "Serverless Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1648/"

[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0002"
name = "Execution"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0002/"

[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"

[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1213"
name = "Data from Information Repositories"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1213/"

[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1213.003"
name = "Code Repositories"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1213/003/"

[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0009"
name = "Collection"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0009/"

[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"

[[rule.threat.technique]]
id = "T1078"
name = "Valid Accounts"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/"

[[rule.threat.technique.subtechnique]]
id = "T1078.004"
name = "Cloud Accounts"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/004/"

[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0001"
name = "Initial Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/"
[rule.new_terms]
field = "new_terms_fields"
value = ["github.repo", "github.actor_ip"]
[[rule.new_terms.history_window_start]]
field = "history_window_start"
value = "now-5d"