Panther high experimental python
Root Account Activity
Root account activity that modifies AWS resources or configuration was detected. Read-only root events (enumeration, console reads) are excluded — only impactful root actions trigger this rule.
Detection Logic
from panther_aws_helpers import aws_cloudtrail_success
EVENT_ALLOW_LIST = {"CreateServiceLinkedRole"}
def rule(event):
return (
event.deep_get("userIdentity", "type") == "Root"
and aws_cloudtrail_success(event)
and event.deep_get("userIdentity", "invokedBy") is None
and event.get("eventType") != "AwsServiceEvent"
and event.get("eventName") not in EVENT_ALLOW_LIST
and not event.get("readOnly")
)
def dedup(event):
return event.get("sourceIPAddress", "<UNKNOWN_IP>")
def title(event):
return (
"AWS root user activity "
f"[{event.get('eventName')}] "
"in account "
f"[{event.get('recipientAccountId')}]"
)
def alert_context(event):
return {
"sourceIPAddress": event.get("sourceIPAddress"),
"userIdentityAccountId": event.deep_get("userIdentity", "accountId"),
"userIdentityArn": event.deep_get("userIdentity", "arn"),
"eventTime": event.get("eventTime"),
"mfaUsed": event.deep_get("additionalEventData", "MFAUsed"),
} Field Validations
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