Tailscale: Device started advertising subnet routes
Identifies when a tailnet device begins advertising subnet routes (subnet-router capability) not present in the previous snapshot. Unexpected advertisement may indicate a compromised node expanding reachable surface…
Description
Identifies when a tailnet device begins advertising subnet routes (subnet-router capability) not present in the previous snapshot. Unexpected advertisement may indicate a compromised node expanding reachable surface area or an unsanctioned admin change.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ESXiIaaSIdentity ProviderLinuxmacOSNetwork DevicesOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the 2 ATT&CK techniques it maps to.
- Log source product
- tailscaleccf
- Log source service
- tailscale_devices_cl
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
- c2b3d4e5-2345-6789-01ab-cdef12345002
- Tagged by the source as
- LateralMovementPersistence
Licence
- Published under
- MIT LicenseRead the licence
- Attribution
- Required
- Obtained under
- MITRead the origin licence
Authorship
- Published
- Sep 1, 2026
- Version
- 1