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DeleteWebACL

AWS

DeleteWebACL

service: AWS - WAFV2
techniques:

Event

Permanently deletes a WAF Web ACL used to protect web applications from common web threats.

Security Context

  • Impairing defenses allows adversaries to operate freely by removing security controls that would otherwise detect or block their activity.

Log Source

CloudTrail

Sample Event

Adversarial. Draco deletes the BILLYWIG public-edge Web ACL billywig-public-webacl. Without it associated to the ALB, the ALB falls back to no L7 protection, and his subsequent traffic isn’t filtered. T1685. Often the next step is DisassociateWebACL first, then DeleteWebACL — but the API permits direct delete if no association exists.

{
"eventVersion": "1.09",
"userIdentity": {
"type": "IAMUser",
"principalId": "AIDADRAC0MALF0YBADGY",
"arn": "arn:aws:iam::555123456789:user/draco",
"accountId": "555123456789",
"accessKeyId": "ASIADRAC0MALF0YEXAMP5",
"userName": "draco",
"sessionContext": {
"attributes": {
"creationDate": "2026-04-15T19:02:11Z",
"mfaAuthenticated": "false"
}
}
},
"eventTime": "2026-04-15T20:11:55Z",
"eventSource": "wafv2.amazonaws.com",
"eventName": "DeleteWebACL",
"awsRegion": "us-east-1",
"sourceIPAddress": "203.0.113.66",
"userAgent": "aws-cli/1.18.147 Python/3.7.10 Linux/5.4.0-1045-aws botocore/1.18.6",
"requestParameters": {
"name": "billywig-public-webacl",
"scope": "REGIONAL",
"id": "60000000-0000-4000-8000-000100001100",
"lockToken": "b2c3d4e5-6789-01ab-cdef-2345678901bc"
},
"responseElements": null,
"requestID": "90000000-0000-4000-8000-000100001010",
"eventID": "90000000-0000-4000-8000-000100001011",
"readOnly": false,
"eventType": "AwsApiCall",
"managementEvent": true,
"recipientAccountId": "555123456789",
"eventCategory": "Management",
"tlsDetails": {
"tlsVersion": "TLSv1.3",
"cipherSuite": "TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256",
"clientProvidedHostHeader": "wafv2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
}
}

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Tactics: Defense Impairment

Techniques:
  • T1686.001 — Cloud Firewall — Adversaries may disable or modify a firewall within a cloud environment to bypass controls that limit access to cloud resources.