Sigma rule: Cisco BGP Authentication Failures

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-3f3e685f5ab3, updated 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Cisco BGP Authentication Failures
Status
test
Level
low
Author
Tim Brown
Date
2023-01-09
Modified
2023-01-23
File
rules/network/cisco/bgp/cisco_bgp_md5_auth_failed.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects BGP failures which may be indicative of brute force attacks to manipulate routing

Log source

product
cisco
service
bgp
definition
Requirements: cisco bgp logs need to be enabled and ingested

Detection

keywords_bgp_cisco:
    '|all':
        - ':179' # Protocol
        - 'IP-TCP-3-BADAUTH'
condition: keywords_bgp_cisco

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unlikely. Except due to misconfigurations

Tags

  • attack.initial-access
  • attack.persistence
  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.credential-access
  • attack.collection
  • attack.stealth
  • attack.t1078
  • attack.t1110
  • attack.t1557

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/network/cisco/bgp/cisco_bgp_md5_auth_failed.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Cisco BGP Authentication Failures" by Tim Brown (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/network/cisco/bgp/cisco_bgp_md5_auth_failed.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Cisco BGP Authentication Failures",
entity page, dataset version ref-3f3e685f5ab3, updated 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/56fa3cd6-f8d6-4520-a8c7-607292971886 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 56fa3cd6-f8d6-4520-a8c7-607292971886, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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