GCP Kubernetes Rolebindings Created or Patched
Identifies the creation or patching of potentially malicious role bindings. Users can use role bindings and cluster role bindings to assign roles to Kubernetes subjects (users, groups, or service accounts).
Detection logic
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Detection requirements
- Log source category
- event_index
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
Not mapped to ATT&CK.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/audit-logging | 12from 2 sources |
| cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/role-based-access-control | 3from 2 sources |
| unofficial-kubernetes.readthedocs.io/en/latest/admin/authorization/rbac/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 2f0bae2d-bf20-4465-be86-1311addebaa3
- Tagged by the source as
- CloudConfiguration AuditContinuous MonitoringElasticGCPSecOps
Licence
- Published under
- Elastic License 2.0Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Written by
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026
- Version
- 2