Name:Cisco IOS XE WebUI Programmatic Configuration id:f9686576-a23d-4c4d-bfad-a45499dc448a version:2 date:None author:Nasreddine Bencherchali status:production type:Anomaly Description:The following analytic detects Cisco IOS-XE configuration changes performed by the WebUI WSMA process.
Data_source:
-Cisco IOS Logs
search:`cisco_ios` facility="SYS" mnemonic="CONFIG_P" message_text="*Configured programmatically by process SEP_webui_wsma_http*" | rex field=_raw "process\s(?<process>\S+)\sfrom.*as\s(?<user>\S+)\son\s(?<vty>\S+)" | eval dest=coalesce(host, dvc, dest, "unknown") | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(process) as process values(vty) as vty by dest user | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `cisco_ios_xe_webui_programmatic_configuration_filter`
how_to_implement:Use the Cisco Catalyst Add-on for Splunk (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7538) to Ingest Cisco IOS-XE syslog with sourcetype "cisco:ios".
Enable WebUI activity logging by IOS-XE.
known_false_positives:No false positives have been identified at this time.
References: -https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a -https://blog.talosintelligence.com/salt-typhoon-analysis/ drilldown_searches: name:'View the detection results for - "$dest$"' search:'%original_detection_search% | search dest = "$dest$"' earliest_offset:'$info_min_time$' latest_offset:'$info_max_time$' name:'View risk events for the last 7 days for - "$dest$"' search:'| from datamodel Risk.All_Risk | search normalized_risk_object IN ("$dest$") | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(search_name) as "Search Name" values(risk_message) as "Risk Message" values(analyticstories) as "Analytic Stories" values(annotations._all) as "Annotations" values(annotations.mitre_attack.mitre_tactic) as "ATT&CK Tactics" by normalized_risk_object | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`' earliest_offset:'7d' latest_offset:'0' analytic_story:['Salt Typhoon']
