Cisco IOS XE WebUI Programmatic Configuration
Last updated 2 days ago on 2026-07-17
About
This analytic detects Cisco IOS-XE configuration changes performed by the WebUI WSMA process.
- Platform
Splunk
- Tags
- Data Source: SplunkDomain: ApplicationRule Type: QueryOS: Any
- Severity
- medium
- Risk Score
- 47
- References
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a(external, opens in a new tab or window)https://blog.talosintelligence.com/salt-typhoon-analysis/(external, opens in a new tab or window)
- False Positives
- No false positives have been identified at this time.
- Source
- View on GitHub(external, opens in a new tab or window)
Definition
- Rule Language
- SPL
- Rule Type
- query
text code block:`cisco_ios` facility="SYS" mnemonic="CONFIG_P" message_text="*Configured programmatically by process SEP_webui_wsma_http*" | rex field=_raw "process\s(?<process>\S+)\sfrom.*as\s(?<user>\S+)\son\s(?<vty>\S+)" | eval dest=coalesce(host, dvc, dest, "unknown") | stats count min(_time) as firstTime max(_time) as lastTime values(process) as process values(vty) as vty by dest user | `security_content_ctime(firstTime)` | `security_content_ctime(lastTime)` | `cisco_ios_xe_webui_programmatic_configuration_filter`
View this rule on Splunk
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