Possible Huawei BGP Authentication Failures (via bgp)
This rule detects BGP failures which may be indicative of brute force attacks to manipulate routing.
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possible-huawei-bgp-authentication-failures-via-bgp
title: Possible Huawei BGP Authentication Failures (via bgp)
id: 815f18d7-ed9e-5e47-aad7-937d6daf99a1
status: stable
description: This rule detects BGP failures which may be indicative of brute force attacks to manipulate routing.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1557/
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1110/
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1078/
- https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-03/bh-us-03-convery-franz-v3.pdf
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-03-05
tags:
- attack.initial-access
- attack.persistence
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.credential-access
- attack.collection
- attack.stealth
- attack.t1078
- attack.t1110
- attack.t1557
logsource:
product: huawei
service: bgp
definition: 'Requirements: huawei bgp logs need to be enabled and ingested'
detection:
keywords_bgp_huawei:
'|all':
- ':179'
- 'BGP_AUTH_FAILED'
condition: keywords_bgp_huawei
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: low
Known false positives
- Unknown
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