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MCP Postgres Suspicious Query

This detection identifies potentially malicious SQL queries executed through MCP PostgreSQL server connections, monitoring for privilege escalation attempts, credential theft, and schema reconnaissance. These…

Description

This detection identifies potentially malicious SQL queries executed through MCP PostgreSQL server connections, monitoring for privilege escalation attempts, credential theft, and schema reconnaissance. These patterns are commonly observed in SQL injection attacks, compromised application credentials, and insider threat scenarios targeting database assets.

Detection logic

Detection requirements

Platform
IaaSLinuxmacOSWindows

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

Log source category
mcp_server

Known benign triggers

  • Legitimate database administrators performing user management tasks, ORM frameworks querying information_schema for schema validation, password reset functionality, and CI/CD pipelines running database migrations.

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