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VMware ESXi - Root password changed

Description

'Detects when root user password is changed.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
10m
Query period
10m
Trigger
gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

Declared sources

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

Connectors

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

VMwareESXi
| where SyslogMessage has_any ("password changed for root","Password was changed for account root")
| extend SrcIpAddr = extract(@'root@(\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3})', 1, SyslogMessage)

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
17b0ea43-5aeb-4dc4-ac3a-be84acb8d5b7
Additional source files 2Solutions/VMWareESXi/Analytic Rules/ESXiRootPasswordChange.yamlsource ↗Solutions/VMWareESXi/Data/Solution_VMWareESXi.jsonsolution-membership ↗
GSTEP / CATALOG TRACKING

Added to catalog : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC
Last change observed : 16 Sept 2026 · 05:49 UTC

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