Detection: Organization Moderator Added

Overview

Detect when a user was added as a moderator in an organization. Assigning moderator privileges may grant additional administrative capabilities, potentially impacting repository and organization settings. Monitoring these changes helps ensure that privilege escalations are intentional and align with security policies.

References:

Managing Moderators in an Organization

Usage

Run the detection in your terminal:

powerpipe detection run github_audit_log_detections.detection.organization_moderator_added

Snapshot and share results via Turbot Pipes:

powerpipe login
powerpipe detection run github_audit_log_detections.detection.organization_moderator_added --share

SQL

This detection uses a named query:

select
  tp_timestamp as timestamp,
action as operation,
concat('https://github.com/', user) as resource,
actor,
tp_source_ip as source_ip,
tp_index as organization,
split_part(repo, '/', 2) as repository,
tp_id as source_id,
*
exclude (actor, timestamp)

from
  github_audit_log
where
  action = 'organization_moderators.add_user'
order by
  tp_timestamp desc;

Detection: Organization Moderator Added

Overview

Usage

SQL

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