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New rule: detect git remote set-url / git remote add (remote hijacking) #21

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@sarahxsanders

Context

From Piccirello's review on PR #13 — if someone changes where origin points with git remote set-url origin <evil-url>, then a normal git push origin silently sends code to the attacker.

What to catch

  • git remote set-url origin <url>
  • git remote add origin <url> (or any remote name)
  • .git/config modifications that change remote URLs

Considerations

  • Changing a remote URL is sometimes legitimate (switching from HTTPS to SSH, updating a fork URL).
  • Severity should probably be high + warn since there are legit use cases, but it's a real exfil vector.
  • Related to the existing exfiltration_git_push_non_origin rule — could be a new pattern in that rule or a standalone.

Origin

PR #13 review comment by @Piccirello

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