AWSCloudTrail - ECR image scan findings high or critical

Status: available
Severity: high
Time window: 1d
Source: github.com/Azure/Azure-Sentinel

Identifies Amazon ECR image scan findings that report high or critical severity vulnerabilities. These findings indicate container images that should be reviewed and remediated before deployment or continued use.

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Discovery	`T1083` File and Directory Discovery

Rule body kusto

id: f6928301-56da-4d2c-aabe-e1a552bc8892
name: AWSCloudTrail - ECR image scan findings high or critical
description: |
  Identifies Amazon ECR image scan findings that report high or critical severity vulnerabilities. These findings indicate container images that should be reviewed and remediated before deployment or continued use.
severity: High
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors:
  - connectorId: AWS
    dataTypes:
      - AWSCloudTrail
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - Discovery
relevantTechniques:
  - T1083
query: |
    AWSCloudTrail
    | where EventName == "DescribeImageScanFindings" and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)
    | extend repoName = tostring(parse_json(ResponseElements).repositoryName)
    | extend imageId = tostring(parse_json(ResponseElements).imageId.imageDigest)
    | extend Critical = toint(parse_json(ResponseElements).imageScanFindings.findingSeverityCounts.CRITICAL)
    | extend High = toint(parse_json(ResponseElements).imageScanFindings.findingSeverityCounts.HIGH)
    | where Critical > 0 or High > 0
    | extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
    | extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
    | extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
    | extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
      AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
      - identifier: CloudAppAccountId
        columnName: RecipientAccountId
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: SourceIpAddress
customDetails:
  Repository: repoName
  ImageDigest: imageId
  CriticalFindings: Critical
  HighFindings: High
alertDetailsOverride:
  alertDisplayNameFormat: 'AWS ECR image scan findings with high or critical Vulnerabilities in {{repoName}}'
  alertDescriptionFormat: 'ECR image {{imageId}} in repository {{repoName}} returned critical and high findings.'
version: 1.0.3
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

AWSCloudTrail

Stage 2: `where`

| where EventName == "DescribeImageScanFindings" and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)

Stage 3: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

| extend repoName = tostring(parse_json(ResponseElements).repositoryName)
| extend imageId = tostring(parse_json(ResponseElements).imageId.imageDigest)
| extend Critical = toint(parse_json(ResponseElements).imageScanFindings.findingSeverityCounts.CRITICAL)
| extend High = toint(parse_json(ResponseElements).imageScanFindings.findingSeverityCounts.HIGH)

Stage 4: `where`

| where Critical > 0 or High > 0

Stage 5: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
| extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
  AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")

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.

Field	Kind	Values
`Critical`	gt	`0` transforms: `cased`
`ErrorCode`	is_null	(no value, null check)
`ErrorMessage`	is_null	(no value, null check)
`EventName`	eq	`DescribeImageScanFindings` transforms: `cased`
`High`	gt	`0` transforms: `cased`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`repoName`	`extend`
`imageId`	`extend`
`Critical`	`extend`
`High`	`extend`
`UserIdentityArn`	`extend`
`UserName`	`extend`
`AccountName`	`extend`
`AccountUPNSuffix`	`extend`

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`Enter`	Open highlighted result
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`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

AWSCloudTrail - ECR image scan findings high or critical

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Indicators

Output fields

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Search operators

AWSCloudTrail - ECR image scan findings high or critical

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: extend (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 4: where

Stage 5: extend (4 consecutive steps)

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)

Stage 4: `where`

Stage 5: `extend` (4 consecutive steps)