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Tailscale: OAuth client or API key created with write scopes

Description

Identifies creation of a Tailscale OAuth client or API access key whose granted scopes include WRITE permissions (anything matching :write). Tokens with write scopes are high-value adversary targets.
Rule type
Scheduled
Version
1.0.0
Declared status
Available
Query frequency
15m
Query period
15m
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.

Tailscale_Audit_CL
| where EventType == "CONFIG"
| where Action == "CREATE"
| where tostring(Target.type) in ("API_KEY", "OAUTH_CLIENT")
| extend Scopes = extract(@"scopes\s*-\s*(.+)$", 1, ActionDetails)
| where Scopes contains ":write"
| extend WriteScopes = extract_all(@"([a-zA-Z_]+:write)", Scopes)
| extend ActorLogin = tostring(Actor.loginName)
| extend ActorType = tostring(Actor.type)
| extend TargetName = tostring(Target.name)
| extend TargetId = tostring(Target.id)
| extend TargetType = tostring(Target.type)
| project TimeGenerated, ActorLogin, ActorType, Action, TargetType, TargetName, TargetId, WriteScopes, Scopes, Origin, ActionDetails

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
7237a848-30f2-499b-9ad5-024aea1288bd
Additional source files 2Solutions/Tailscale (CCF)/Analytic Rules/TailscaleOAuthClientCreatedWithWriteScopes.yamlsource ↗Solutions/Tailscale (CCF)/Data/Solution_Tailscale.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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