Sigma rule: GCP Break-glass Container Workload Deployed

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-2892e093fd69, updated 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
GCP Break-glass Container Workload Deployed
Status
test
Level
medium
Author
Bryan Lim
Date
2024-01-12
File
rules/cloud/gcp/audit/gcp_breakglass_container_workload_deployed.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects the deployment of workloads that are deployed by using the break-glass flag to override Binary Authorization controls.

Log source

product
gcp
service
gcp.audit

Detection

selection:
    data.protoPayload.resource.type: 'k8s_cluster'
    data.protoPayload.logName:
        - 'cloudaudit.googleapis.com/activity'
        - 'cloudaudit.googleapis.com%2Factivity'
    data.protoPayload.methodName: 'io.k8s.core.v1.pods.create'
keywords:
    - 'image-policy.k8s.io/break-glass'
condition: selection and keywords

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • Unknown

Tags

  • attack.privilege-escalation
  • attack.t1548

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/cloud/gcp/audit/gcp_breakglass_container_workload_deployed.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "GCP Break-glass Container Workload Deployed" by Bryan Lim (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/cloud/gcp/audit/gcp_breakglass_container_workload_deployed.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: GCP Break-glass Container Workload Deployed",
entity page, dataset version ref-2892e093fd69, updated 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/76737c19-66ee-4c07-b65a-a03301d1573d (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 76737c19-66ee-4c07-b65a-a03301d1573d, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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