Cisco IOS XE WebUI Programmatic Configuration

name: Cisco IOS XE WebUI Programmatic Configuration
id: f9686576-a23d-4c4d-bfad-a45499dc448a
version: 1
creation_date: '2026-05-19'
modification_date: '2026-05-19'
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali
status: production
type: Anomaly
description: |
    This analytic detects Cisco IOS-XE configuration changes performed by the WebUI WSMA process.
data_source:
    - Cisco IOS Logs
search: |-
    `cisco_ios`
    facility="SYS"
    mnemonic="CONFIG_P"
    message_text="*Configured programmatically by process SEP_webui_wsma_http*"
    | rex field=_raw "process\s(?<process>\S+)\sfrom.*as\s(?<user>\S+)\son\s(?<vty>\S+)"
    | eval dest=coalesce(host, dvc, dest, "unknown")
    | stats count min(_time) as firstTime
                  max(_time) as lastTime
                  values(process) as process
                  values(vty) as vty
      by dest user
    | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
    | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
    | `cisco_ios_xe_webui_programmatic_configuration_filter`
how_to_implement: |
    Use the Cisco Catalyst Add-on for Splunk (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7538) to Ingest Cisco IOS-XE syslog with sourcetype "cisco:ios".
    Enable WebUI activity logging by IOS-XE.
known_false_positives: |
    No false positives have been identified at this time.
references:
    - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a
    - https://blog.talosintelligence.com/salt-typhoon-analysis/
intermediate_findings:
    entities:
        - field: user
          type: user
          score: 20
          message: User $user$ performed Cisco IOS-XE WebUI programmatic configuration on $dest$.
analytic_story:
    - Salt Typhoon
asset_type: Network
mitre_attack_id:
    - T1190
    - T1078
product:
    - Splunk Enterprise
    - Splunk Enterprise Security
    - Splunk Cloud
category: application
security_domain: network