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t1195

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ai coding assistants running on cloud instances may read their own credential file and then fall back to the instance metadata service for cloud provider authentication (for example gemini cli on google compute engine). confirm the process is the assistant itself and that the credential file belongs to that assistant.
approved changes by the organization owner. please validate the 'actor' if authorized to make the changes.
authorized github actions runner with no malicious workflow actions.
authorized github repository with no malicious workflow actions.
authorized self-hosted github actions runner.
custom or portable notepad++ installations in non-standard directories.
developer or deployment scripts running on cloud-hosted macos or windows instances may read a package registry or source control token and then request instance role credentials from the same interpreter (for example a release script that publishes a package and uploads artifacts with the instance role). validate the script path, parent process and whether the host is an approved build or release system.
legitimate ci/cd automation that commits and pushes changes (e.g., auto-formatting, changelog updates, version bumps, dependabot auto-merge) will trigger this alert on first use in a repository. review the repository's workflow configurations to determine if bot pushes are expected.
legitimate ci/cd automation that requires workflow file modifications may trigger this alert if not properly configured with the necessary permissions. review the workflow configuration and ensure the github_token or pat has the required 'workflows' permission if the modification is intentional.
legitimate update processes creating temporary files in unexpected locations.
other legitimate query to official domains not listed in the filter, needing tuning.
some legitimate network misconfigurations or proxy issues causing unexpected dns queries.
trusted solarwinds child processes, verify process details such as network connections and file writes.
unknown
unlikely