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NGINX - Request to sensitive files

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Description

'Detects request to sensitive files.'

Rule type: Scheduled
Version: 1.0.2
Declared status: Available
Query frequency: 1h
Query period: 1h
Trigger: gt 0

Declared MITRE coverage

InitialAccess T1189

Declared sources

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

Connectors

CustomLogsAma

Data types

NGINX_CL

KQL query

Original query, unchanged.

let forbidden_files = dynamic(['shadow', 'passwd', 'id_rsa']);
NGINXHTTPServer
| extend File = extract(@"(.*\/)?(.*)", 2, tostring(UrlOriginal))
| where File in (forbidden_files)
| extend FileCustomEntity = File, UrlCustomEntity = UrlOriginal

Declared entities

FileURL

Source provenance

GitHub

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

File: Solutions/NGINX HTTP Server/Analytic Rules/NGINXRequestToSensitiveFiles.yaml ↗
Commit: 9800e51 ↗
Source identifier: 2141ef6c-d158-4d44-b739-b145a4c21947

Additional source files 2

Solutions/NGINX HTTP Server/Analytic Rules/NGINXRequestToSensitiveFiles.yamlsource ↗Solutions/NGINX HTTP Server/Data/Solution_Nginx.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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