Webserver POST to SAAS/jersey manager API migrate tenant (Workspace ONE Access RCE pattern)

Alerts on POST requests to the Workspace ONE Access tenant migration API endpoint associated with CVE-2022-31659.

FreeReviewedSigma · Medium · v5

Category: webserver
Author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ), DRL 1.1
Published: 2022-08-12
Updated: 2026-07-31

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Execution
Persistence
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Defense Evasion
Cred Access
Discovery
Lateral Movement
Collection
C2
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What it detects

This rule flags HTTP webserver requests using the POST method where the URI query contains /SAAS/jersey/manager/api/migrate/tenant. Attackers may use this kind of request path as part of an attempted remote code execution against VMware Workspace ONE Access. Detection relies on webserver telemetry capturing HTTP method and the requested URI query string.

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Webserver POST to SAAS/jersey manager API migrate tenant (Workspace ONE Access RCE pattern)

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Changelog

v5
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v4
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v3
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v2
Candidate ingested via manual entry.2026-07-31
v1
No changelog recorded for this version.2026-07-30

Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.

potential-cve-2022-31659-rce-activity-via-post-to-workspace-one-access-tenant-mi-efdb2003

title: Webserver POST to SAAS/jersey manager API migrate tenant (Workspace ONE Access RCE pattern)
id: 8befade1-4b48-4e0e-bc3a-d78a661b0cdc
status: test
description: This rule flags HTTP webserver requests using the POST method where the URI query contains /SAAS/jersey/manager/api/migrate/tenant. Attackers may use this kind of request path as part of an attempted remote code execution against VMware Workspace ONE Access. Detection relies on webserver telemetry capturing HTTP method and the requested URI query string.
references:
  - https://petrusviet.medium.com/dancing-on-the-architecture-of-vmware-workspace-one-access-eng-ad592ae1b6dd
  - https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/master/rules-emerging-threats/2022/Exploits/CVE-2022-31659/web_cve_2022_31659_vmware_rce.yml
author: Nasreddine Bencherchali (Nextron Systems), Huntrule Team
date: 2022-08-12
modified: 2023-01-02
tags:
  - attack.initial-access
  - attack.t1190
  - cve.2022-31659
  - detection.emerging-threats
logsource:
  category: webserver
detection:
  selection:
    cs-method: POST
    cs-uri-query|contains: /SAAS/jersey/manager/api/migrate/tenant
  condition: selection
falsepositives:
  - Vulnerability scanners
  - Legitimate access to the URI
level: medium
license: DRL-1.1
related:
  - id: efdb2003-a922-48aa-8f37-8b80021a9706
    type: derived

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