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poprhythm 7c0340519c falco: tune out calibre sudoers-sed and lsyncd log-truncation false positives
Investigated recent Telegram alerts - no intrusion, both new hits trace to
benign one-offs: calibre's linuxserver.io s6-init NOPASSWD setup (same
pattern already whitelisted for obsidian) and lsyncd truncating its own
status log (not evidence-clearing).
2026-08-20 22:18:12 +00:00

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# Tune out stock-rule false positives observed on this specific host, so the
# broad netdata "any Falco match" alarm only pages for things worth paging
# for. Uses Falco's own user_* customization macros rather than disabling
# whole rules, so the underlying security check stays active for everything
# else. Add entries here as new noisy defaults turn up - don't let this list
# grow into blinding Falco to anything actually meaningful.
# "Sensitive file opened for reading by non-trusted program" false-positives:
# - pg_isready: fired every ~10s from inbox-zero-db's healthcheck touching
# /etc/shadow - NSS/libc user-lookup behavior during process init, not
# credential harvesting.
# - lscr.io/linuxserver/obsidian, lscr.io/linuxserver/calibre: fires once per
# container start from `sed -i s/CORRUPT_FILE/NOPASSWD/g /etc/sudoers` -
# linuxserver.io's own s6-init NOPASSWD setup, same class of init-time file
# touch. Same pattern confirmed on calibre 2026-08-19; scoped per-image
# rather than by proc.name alone since any other linuxserver.io image will
# hit this the first time it's added here too.
- macro: user_known_read_sensitive_files_activities
condition: >
(proc.name = pg_isready)
or (container.image.repository in ("lscr.io/linuxserver/obsidian", "lscr.io/linuxserver/calibre") and proc.name = sed)
# "Fileless execution via memfd_create" fires from nvidia-ctk's
# ldconfig-refresh hook, which runs via memfd_create by design every time
# an NVIDIA-GPU container (e.g. ollama) starts - normal container-toolkit
# behavior, not defense evasion. Scoped to the hook's own parent process
# names rather than the ollama/ollama image, so drift detection stays live
# for anything else that image does.
- macro: known_memfd_execution_processes
condition: (proc.pname in (nvidia-containe, nvidia-ctk))
# "Drop and execute new binary in container" (output text: "Executing binary
# not part of base image") false-positives on three known-benign sources,
# all confirmed via docker logs falco (2026-08-08 to 2026-08-16):
# - gitea: re-executes itself for git-shell commands (serv/hook/pre-receive/
# post-receive) over SSH, which looks identical to a dropped binary.
# Scoped to proc.name=gitea, not the whole container, so this
# previously-compromised container still gets checked for any OTHER
# unexpected binary.
# - lscr.io/linuxserver/obsidian: Electron's normal /proc/self/exe
# self-re-exec pattern (zygote/renderer/utility processes), fires ~6x
# every time the container is recreated (~daily, likely watchtower).
# Scoped to the whole image since this is normal Electron startup
# behavior end to end, not one specific binary.
# - tsl0922/ttyd (Synchronet BBS web terminal): telnet/pv/busybox-extras
# installed via apk at container start and then used for the BBS's
# normal telnet workflow. Scoped to those three binaries, not the image,
# since this is a shell-access container where an unexpected binary is
# more worth knowing about.
- macro: known_drop_and_execute_activities
condition: >
(container.image.repository = "docker.gitea.com/gitea" and proc.name = gitea)
or (container.image.repository = "lscr.io/linuxserver/obsidian")
or (container.image.repository = "tsl0922/ttyd" and proc.name in (telnet, pv, busybox-extras))
# "Redirect STDOUT/STDIN to Network Connection in Container" false-positives,
# both confirmed recurring (not one-off) via netdata's alert history:
# - gitea: sshd/sshd-session redirect the just-accepted SSH connection's
# socket onto stdin/stdout/stderr via dup2 - this is simply how every SSH
# server handles every session, not a reverse shell. Fires 4x per SSH
# connection (sshd x2, sshd-session x2). Scoped to those two binaries in
# this one container, not the whole image, since gitea itself spawning
# this pattern from some other binary would still be worth flagging.
# - fireflyiii/core: its wait-for-it.sh startup script opens a raw TCP
# connection to the postgres container to poll for DB readiness, which
# redirects stdio the same way a reverse shell would mechanically. Scoped
# to the script's own cmdline, not the whole image.
- macro: user_known_stand_streams_redirect_activities
condition: >
(container.image.repository = "docker.gitea.com/gitea" and proc.name in (sshd, sshd-session))
or (container.image.repository = "fireflyiii/core" and proc.cmdline contains "wait-for-it.sh")
# "Clear Log Activities" false-positive: lsyncd (host systemd service, not a
# container - running since 2026-07-29) truncates its own status file,
# /var/log/lsyncd-status.log, as normal self-logging behavior. Matched via
# the stock rule's fd.directory=/var/log check, not because it's actually
# clearing evidence. Scoped to that one file, not all of /var/log, so any
# other log-truncation in that directory still gets flagged.
- macro: allowed_clear_log_files
condition: (fd.name = "/var/log/lsyncd-status.log" and proc.name = lsyncd)