Suspicious Bitbucket User Details Export Attempt Detected (via audit)
This rule detects user data export activity.
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suspicious-bitbucket-user-details-export-attempt-detected-via-audit
title: Suspicious Bitbucket User Details Export Attempt Detected (via audit)
id: f6ecf4ae-fd9b-52fb-afa4-b9d3b93093c3
status: stable
description: This rule detects user data export activity.
references:
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1591/004/
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1082/
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1213/
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/audit-log-events-776640423.html
- https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/export-user-accounts
author: Huntrule Team
date: 2026-04-08
tags:
- attack.collection
- attack.reconnaissance
- attack.discovery
- attack.t1213
- attack.t1082
- attack.t1591.004
logsource:
product: bitbucket
service: audit
definition: 'Requirements: "Advance" log level is required to receive these audit events.'
detection:
selection:
auditType.category: 'Users and groups'
auditType.action:
- 'User permissions export failed'
- 'User permissions export started'
- 'User permissions exported'
condition: selection
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: medium
Known false positives
- Unknown
Detection content is published as a reviewed draft. Tune thresholds and exclusions against your own telemetry before enabling this rule for alerting.