Inbound Connection to an Unsecure Elasticsearch Node
editInbound Connection to an Unsecure Elasticsearch Node
editIdentifies Elasticsearch nodes that do not have Transport Layer Security (TLS), and/or lack authentication, and are accepting inbound network connections over the default Elasticsearch port.
Rule type: query
Rule indices:
- auditbeat-*
- filebeat-*
- packetbeat-*
- logs-endpoint.events.*
Severity: medium
Risk score: 47
Runs every: 5m
Searches indices from: now-9m (Date Math format, see also Additional look-back time)
Maximum alerts per execution: 100
References:
Tags:
- Elastic
- Network
- Threat Detection
- Initial Access
- Host
Version: 5
Rule authors:
- Elastic
Rule license: Elastic License v2
Investigation guide
edit## Config This rule requires the addition of port `9200` and `send_all_headers` to the `HTTP` protocol configuration in `packetbeat.yml`. See the References section for additional configuration documentation.
Rule query
editevent.category:network_traffic AND network.protocol:http AND status:OK AND destination.port:9200 AND network.direction:inbound AND NOT http.response.headers.content-type:"image/x-icon" AND NOT _exists_:http.request.headers.authorization
Framework: MITRE ATT&CKTM
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Tactic:
- Name: Initial Access
- ID: TA0001
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/tactics/TA0001/
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Technique:
- Name: Exploit Public-Facing Application
- ID: T1190
- Reference URL: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1190/