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GitLab - Personal Access Tokens creation over time

Description

'This queries GitLab Audit Logs for access tokens. Attacker can exfiltrate data from you GitLab repository after gaining access to it by generating or hijacking access tokens. This hunting queries allows you to track the personal access tokens creation for each of your repositories. The visualization allow you to quickly identify anomalies/excessive creation, to further investigate repo access & permissions.'
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.1
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
1h
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.

// l_min_tokens_created - minimum tokens created per repository per user per day to consider
let l_min_tokens_created = 0;
let interval = 1d;
GitLabAudit
| where TargetType == "PersonalAccessToken"
| project Severity, TimeGenerated = bin(todatetime(EventTime),1d), AuthorName, IPAddress, Repository = EntityName, Action, TargetType
| summarize total = count() by Repository, TimeGenerated, AuthorName
| where total >= l_min_tokens_created

Declared entities

Account

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
4d6d8b0e-6d9a-4857-a141-f5d89393cddb
Additional source files 2Solutions/GitLab/Analytic Rules/GitLab_PAT_Repo.yamlsource ↗Solutions/GitLab/Data/Solution_Gitlab.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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