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VMware vCenter - Root login

Description

'Detects when root user login from uncommon IP address.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.2
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
Query period
14d
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

Metadata from the source file. No dependencies inferred from KQL.

Connectors

Data types

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let p_lookback = 14d;
let t_lookback = 1h;
let root_ips = vCenter
| where TimeGenerated between (ago(p_lookback) .. ago(t_lookback))
| where EventType has_all ('UserLoginSessionEvent', 'root', 'logged in')
| summarize make_set(SourceIP,128);
vCenter
| where TimeGenerated > ago(t_lookback)
| where EventType   has_all ('UserLoginSessionEvent', 'root', 'logged in')
| where SourceIP   !in (root_ips)

Declared entities

IP

Related content

Links established from declared identifiers and solution manifests.

Source provenance

GitHub

Displayed values come from files in Azure/Azure-Sentinel. They describe the published template, not your workspace configuration.

Source identifier
03e8a895-b5ba-49a0-aed3-f9a997d92fbe
Additional source files 2Solutions/VMware vCenter/Analytic Rules/vCenterRootLogin.yamlsource ↗Solutions/VMware vCenter/Data/Solution_vcenter.jsonsolution-membership ↗
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Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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