External Upstream Source Added to Azure DevOps Feed

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

'The detection looks for new external sources added to an Azure DevOps feed. An allow list can be customized to explicitly allow known good sources. An attacker could look to add a malicious feed in order to inject malicious packages into a build pipeline.'

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Tactic	Techniques
Initial Access	`T1199` Trusted Relationship

Rule body kusto

id: adc32a33-1cd6-46f5-8801-e3ed8337885f
name: External Upstream Source Added to Azure DevOps Feed
description: |
  'The detection looks for new external sources added to an Azure DevOps feed. An allow list can be customized to explicitly allow known good sources. 
  An attacker could look to add a malicious feed in order to inject malicious packages into a build pipeline.'
severity: Medium
status: Available
requiredDataConnectors: []
queryFrequency: 1d
queryPeriod: 1d
triggerOperator: gt
triggerThreshold: 0
tactics:
  - InitialAccess
relevantTechniques:
  - T1199
query: |
  // Add any known allowed sources and source locations to the filter below (the NuGet Gallery has been added here as an example).
  let allowed_sources = dynamic(["NuGet Gallery"]);
  let allowed_locations = dynamic(["https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json"]);
  ADOAuditLogs
  // Look for feeds created or modified at either the organization or project level
  | where OperationName matches regex "Artifacts.Feed.(Org|Project).Modify"
  | where Details has "UpstreamSources, added"
  | extend FeedName = tostring(Data.FeedName)
  | extend FeedId = tostring(Data.FeedId)
  | extend UpstreamsAdded = Data.UpstreamsAdded
  // As multiple feeds may be added expand these out
  | mv-expand UpstreamsAdded
  // Only focus on external feeds
  | where UpstreamsAdded.UpstreamSourceType !~ "internal"
  | extend SourceLocation = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Location)
  | extend SourceName = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Name)
  // Exclude sources and locations in the allow list
  | where SourceLocation !in (allowed_locations) and SourceName !in (allowed_sources)
  | extend SourceProtocol = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Protocol)
  | extend SourceStatus = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Status)
  | project-reorder TimeGenerated, OperationName, ScopeDisplayName, ProjectName, FeedName, SourceName, SourceLocation, SourceProtocol, ActorUPN, UserAgent, IpAddress
  | extend timestamp = TimeGenerated
  | extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[1])
entityMappings:
  - entityType: Account
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: FullName
        columnName: ActorUPN
      - identifier: Name
        columnName: AccountName
      - identifier: UPNSuffix
        columnName: AccountUPNSuffix
  - entityType: IP
    fieldMappings:
      - identifier: Address
        columnName: IpAddress
version: 1.0.4
kind: Scheduled

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

let allowed_sources = dynamic(["NuGet Gallery"]);
let allowed_locations = dynamic(["https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json"]);

Stage 1: `source`

ADOAuditLogs

Stage 2: `where`

| where OperationName matches regex "Artifacts.Feed.(Org|Project).Modify"

Stage 3: `where`

| where Details has "UpstreamSources, added"

Stage 4: `extend` (3 consecutive steps)

| extend FeedName = tostring(Data.FeedName)
| extend FeedId = tostring(Data.FeedId)
| extend UpstreamsAdded = Data.UpstreamsAdded

Stage 5: `mv-expand`

| mv-expand UpstreamsAdded

Stage 6: `where`

| where UpstreamsAdded.UpstreamSourceType !~ "internal"

Stage 7: `extend`

| extend SourceLocation = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Location)

Stage 8: `extend`

| extend SourceName = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Name)

Stage 9: `where`

| where SourceLocation !in (allowed_locations) and SourceName !in (allowed_sources)

Stage 10: `extend`

| extend SourceProtocol = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Protocol)

Stage 11: `extend`

| extend SourceStatus = tostring(UpstreamsAdded.Status)

Stage 12: `project-reorder`

| project-reorder TimeGenerated, OperationName, ScopeDisplayName, ProjectName, FeedName, SourceName, SourceLocation, SourceProtocol, ActorUPN, UserAgent, IpAddress

Stage 13: `extend`

| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated

Stage 14: `extend`

| extend AccountName = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[0]), AccountUPNSuffix = tostring(split(ActorUPN, "@")[1])

Exclusions

Top-level NOT(...) conjuncts: predicates this rule actively suppresses.

Field	Kind	Excluded values
`SourceLocation`	eq	`allowed_locations`
`SourceName`	eq	`allowed_sources`

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
`Details`	match	`UpstreamSources, added` transforms: `term`
`OperationName`	regex_match	`Artifacts.Feed.(Org\|Project).Modify`
`UpstreamSourceType`	ne	`internal`

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
`FeedName`	`extend`
`FeedId`	`extend`
`UpstreamsAdded`	`extend`
`SourceLocation`	`extend`
`SourceName`	`extend`
`SourceProtocol`	`extend`
`SourceStatus`	`extend`
`timestamp`	`extend`
`AccountName`	`extend`
`AccountUPNSuffix`	`extend`

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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)

External Upstream Source Added to Azure DevOps Feed

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend` (3 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: `mv-expand`

Stage 6: `where`

Stage 7: `extend`

Stage 8: `extend`

Stage 9: `where`

Stage 10: `extend`

Stage 11: `extend`

Stage 12: `project-reorder`

Stage 13: `extend`

Stage 14: `extend`

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

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External Upstream Source Added to Azure DevOps Feed

MITRE ATT&CK coverage

Rule body kusto

Stages and Predicates

Parameters

Stage 1: source

Stage 2: where

Stage 3: where

Stage 4: extend (3 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: mv-expand

Stage 6: where

Stage 7: extend

Stage 8: extend

Stage 9: where

Stage 10: extend

Stage 11: extend

Stage 12: project-reorder

Stage 13: extend

Stage 14: extend

Exclusions

Indicators

Output fields

Stage 1: `source`

Stage 2: `where`

Stage 3: `where`

Stage 4: `extend` (3 consecutive steps)

Stage 5: `mv-expand`

Stage 6: `where`

Stage 7: `extend`

Stage 8: `extend`

Stage 9: `where`

Stage 10: `extend`

Stage 11: `extend`

Stage 12: `project-reorder`

Stage 13: `extend`

Stage 14: `extend`