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GKE Creation or Modification of Sensitive Role

Detects creation or modification of GKE Roles or ClusterRoles that grant high-risk permissions, such as wildcard access or RBAC escalation verbs (bind, escalate, impersonate), which may enable privilege escalation or…

Description

Detects creation or modification of GKE Roles or ClusterRoles that grant high-risk permissions, such as wildcard access or RBAC escalation verbs (bind, escalate, impersonate), which may enable privilege escalation or unauthorized access within the cluster.

Detection logic

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Detection requirements

Platform
ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows

The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.

Log source category
event_index

Known benign triggers

  • Platform installers, GitOps controllers, and RBAC refactoring may legitimately create roles with broad permissions. Baseline approved automation and tune exclusions for known operators.

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