Cisco SD-WAN - Uncommon User-Agent Multi-URI Activity

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Name:Cisco SD-WAN - Uncommon User-Agent Multi-URI Activity
id:201022d7-a35c-470a-93ff-ae335c42e69d
version:2
date:None
author:Nasreddine Bencherchali, Splunk
status:production
type:Hunting
Description:This hunting search is designed to surface source IP activity using uncommon HTTP user-agents across multiple URI paths in Cisco SD-WAN Manager serviceproxy access logs. It looks for source and user-agent combinations that access more than one distinct URI, then keeps only low-volume behavior (`requests<=50`) to reduce noise from normal high-volume traffic. Use this hunt to pivot on `http_user_agent` and `src` and identify possible automation, scripted reconnaissance, or exploitation attempts.
Data_source:
  • -Cisco SD-WAN Service Proxy Access Logs
search:`cisco_sd_wan_service_proxy_access`
| rex field=_raw "^\[.*?\]\s+\"(?<http_method>\S+)\s+(?<uri>\S+)\s+(?<http_protocol>[^\"]+)\"\s+(?<http_response_code>\S+)\s+(?<response_flags>\S+)\s+(?<bytes_in>\S+)\s+(?<bytes_out>\S+)\s+(?<duration>\S+)\s+(?<upstream_service_time>\S+)\s+\"(?<src>[^\"]+)\"\s+\"(?<http_user_agent>[^\"]+)\"\s+\"(?<x_request_id>[^\"]+)\"\s+\"(?<dest>[^\"]+)\"\s+\"(?<upstream_host>[^\"]+)\""
| rex field=uri "(?<uri_path>[^\?]+)(?<uri_query>\?.*)?"
| bin _time span=5m
| stats count as requests
min(_time) as firstTime
max(_time) as lastTime
values(uri) as uri
dc(uri) as uri_count
by src http_user_agent
| where requests<=50 AND uri_count>1
| `security_content_ctime(firstTime)`
| `security_content_ctime(lastTime)`
| sort 0 +requests
| `cisco_sd_wan___uncommon_user_agent_multi_uri_activity_filter`


how_to_implement:This detection requires Cisco SD-WAN Manager Envoy access logs to be ingested into Splunk. These logs are located in "/var/log/nms/containers/service-proxy/serviceproxy-access.log".
known_false_positives:No false positives have been identified at this time.
References:
  -https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-authbp-qwCX8D4v
  -https://github.com/zerozenxlabs/CVE-2026-20127---Cisco-SD-WAN-Preauth-RCE
drilldown_searches:
  :
analytic_story:['Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Analytics']

asset_type:Network

mitre_attack_id:['T1595']

product:['Splunk Enterprise', 'Splunk Enterprise Security', 'Splunk Cloud']

category:network

security_domain:network

tags:

tests:
 name:'True Positive Test'
 attack_data:
  data: https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/splunk/attack_data/master/datasets/cisco_sd_wan/service_proxy_access/serviceproxy_access.log
  source: /var/log/nms/containers/service-proxy/serviceproxy-access.log
  sourcetype: cisco:sdwan:access
 test_type:'unit'
manual_test:None

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