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AWSCloudTrail - Creating keys with encrypt policy without MFA

Description

Identifies AWS KMS key creation or policy changes that allow `kms:Encrypt` or `kms:*` to any principal. This configuration can expose encryption capability outside approved boundaries and should be investigated as overly permissive or malicious.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.3
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1d
Query period
1d
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 check_actions = AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName in ("CreateKey", "PutKeyPolicy") and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)
| extend state=parse_json(parse_json(replace_string(tostring(parse_json(RequestParameters)['policy']),'\\"','"')).['Statement'])
| mv-expand state
| extend Action= tostring(parse_json(state.['Action'][0])), Effect=tostring(parse_json(state.['Effect'])),
         Principal=tostring(parse_json(state.['Principal']))
| where Action in ("kms:Encrypt", "kms:*") and (Effect == 'Allow') and (Principal has "*")
| distinct AwsEventId;
AWSCloudTrail
| where EventName in ("CreateKey", "PutKeyPolicy") and isempty(ErrorCode) and isempty(ErrorMessage)
| extend UserIdentityArn = iif(isempty(UserIdentityArn), tostring(parse_json(Resources)[0].ARN), UserIdentityArn)
| extend UserName = tostring(split(UserIdentityArn, '/')[-1])
| extend AccountName = case( UserIdentityPrincipalid == "Anonymous", "Anonymous", isempty(UserIdentityUserName), UserName, UserIdentityUserName)
| extend AccountName = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 0)[0]), AccountName),
  AccountUPNSuffix = iif(AccountName contains "@", tostring(split(AccountName, '@', 1)[0]), "")
| join kind=inner (check_actions) on AwsEventId
| extend timestamp = TimeGenerated
| project-away AwsEventId1

Declared entities

AccountIP

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
454133a7-5427-4a7c-bdc4-0adfa84dda16
Additional source files 2Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Analytic Rules/AWS_CreationofEncryptKeysWithoutMFA.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Amazon Web Services/Data/Solution_AmazonWebServices.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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