Azure DevOps Personal Access Token (PAT) misuse
This Alert detects whenever a PAT is used in ways that PATs are not normally used. May require an allow list and baselining. Reference -…
Description
This Alert detects whenever a PAT is used in ways that PATs are not normally used. May require an allow list and baselining. Reference - https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops&tabs=preview-page Use this query for baselining: ADOAuditLogs | distinct OperationName
Detection logic
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
No references are available for this detection.
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- ac891683-53c3-4f86-86b4-c361708e2b2b
- Tagged by the source as
- ExecutionImpact
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 29, 2026
- Version
- 1