Sigma rule: Kubernetes Secrets Enumeration

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-5165eeeac6f5, updated 2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Kubernetes Secrets Enumeration
Status
test
Level
low
Author
Leo Tsaousis (@laripping)
Date
2024-03-26
File
rules/application/kubernetes/audit/kubernetes_audit_secrets_enumeration.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects enumeration of Kubernetes secrets.

Log source

product
kubernetes
service
audit
category
application

Detection

selection:
    verb: 'list'
    objectRef.resource: 'secrets'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • The Kubernetes dashboard occasionally accesses the kubernetes-dashboard-key-holder secret

Tags

  • attack.t1552.007
  • attack.credential-access

MITRE ATT&CK ids this rule names

Related rules

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/application/kubernetes/audit/kubernetes_audit_secrets_enumeration.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Kubernetes Secrets Enumeration" by Leo Tsaousis (@laripping) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules/application/kubernetes/audit/kubernetes_audit_secrets_enumeration.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: Kubernetes Secrets Enumeration",
entity page, dataset version ref-5165eeeac6f5, updated 2024-03-26T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/eeb3e9e1-b685-44e4-9232-6bb701f925b5 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule eeb3e9e1-b685-44e4-9232-6bb701f925b5, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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