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CyberArk Privileged Access Security Error

Status
production
Severity
high
Time window
30m
Author
Elastic
Source
github.com/elastic/detection-rules

Identifies the occurrence of a CyberArk Privileged Access Security (PAS) error level audit event. The event.code correlates to the CyberArk Vault Audit Action Code.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

TacticTechniques
Initial AccessT1078 Valid Accounts
Privilege EscalationT1078 Valid Accounts

Rule body elastic

[metadata]
creation_date = "2021/06/23"
integration = ["cyberarkpas"]
maturity = "production"
promotion = true
updated_date = "2026/04/10"

[rule]
author = ["Elastic"]
description = """
Identifies the occurrence of a CyberArk Privileged Access Security (PAS) error level audit event. The event.code
correlates to the CyberArk Vault Audit Action Code.
"""
false_positives = ["To tune this rule, add exceptions to exclude any event.code which should not trigger this rule."]
from = "now-30m"
index = ["filebeat-*", "logs-cyberarkpas.audit*"]
language = "kuery"
license = "Elastic License v2"
name = "CyberArk Privileged Access Security Error"
note = """## Setup

The CyberArk Privileged Access Security (PAS) Fleet integration, Filebeat module, or similarly structured data is required to be compatible with this rule.

## Triage and analysis

This is a promotion rule for CyberArk error events, which are alertable events per the vendor.
Consult vendor documentation on interpreting specific events.
"""
references = [
    "https://docs.cyberark.com/Product-Doc/OnlineHelp/PAS/Latest/en/Content/PASREF/Vault%20Audit%20Action%20Codes.htm?tocpath=Administration%7CReferences%7C_____3",
]
risk_score = 73
rule_id = "3f0e5410-a4bf-4e8c-bcfc-79d67a285c54"
rule_name_override = "event.action"
severity = "high"
tags = [
    "Data Source: CyberArk PAS",
    "Use Case: Log Auditing",
    "Use Case: Threat Detection",
    "Tactic: Privilege Escalation",
    "Resources: Investigation Guide",
]
timestamp_override = "event.ingested"
type = "query"

query = '''
data_stream.dataset:cyberarkpas.audit and event.type:error
'''


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


[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0004"
name = "Privilege Escalation"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0004/"
[[rule.threat]]
framework = "MITRE ATT&CK"

[rule.threat.tactic]
id = "TA0001"
name = "Initial Access"
reference = "https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/"

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: query

data_stream.dataset:cyberarkpas.audit and event.type:error

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

FieldKindValues
data_stream.dataseteq
  • cyberarkpas.audit
event.typeeq
  • error