Tailscale: Device Tailscale SSH newly enabled
Identifies when Tailscale SSH is enabled on a device that previously did not have it. SSH provides authenticated shell access over the tailnet using Tailscale identity, broadening attack surface if unexpected. Verify…
Description
Identifies when Tailscale SSH is enabled on a device that previously did not have it. SSH provides authenticated shell access over the tailnet using Tailscale identity, broadening attack surface if unexpected. Verify and confirm the SSH ACL covers it.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- ContainersESXiIaaSIdentity 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
- f0a1b2c3-4567-8901-23de-f12345670041
- 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