# Fail2Ban filter for openssh # # If you want to protect OpenSSH from being bruteforced by password # authentication then get public key authentication working before disabling # PasswordAuthentication in sshd_config. # # # "Connection from port \d+" requires LogLevel VERBOSE in sshd_config # [INCLUDES] # Read common prefixes. If any customizations available -- read them from # common.local before = common.conf [DEFAULT] _daemon = sshd # optional prefix (logged from several ssh versions) like "error: ", "error: PAM: " or "fatal: " __pref = (?:(?:error|fatal): (?:PAM: )?)? # optional suffix (logged from several ssh versions) like " [preauth]" __suff = (?: \[preauth\])?\s* __on_port_opt = (?: port \d+)?(?: on \S+(?: port \d+)?)? # single line prefix: __prefix_line_sl = %(__prefix_line)s%(__pref)s # multi line prefixes (for first and second lines): __prefix_line_ml1 = (?P<__prefix>%(__prefix_line)s)%(__pref)s __prefix_line_ml2 = %(__suff)s$^(?P=__prefix)%(__pref)s mode = %(normal)s normal = ^%(__prefix_line_sl)s[aA]uthentication (?:failure|error|failed) for .* from ( via \S+)?\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUser not known to the underlying authentication module for .* from \s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sFailed \S+ for (?Pinvalid user )?(?P\S+)|(?(cond_inv)(?:(?! from ).)*?|[^:]+) from %(__on_port_opt)s(?: ssh\d*)?(?(cond_user): |(?:(?:(?! from ).)*)$) ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sROOT LOGIN REFUSED.* FROM \s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)s[iI](?:llegal|nvalid) user .*? from %(__on_port_opt)s\s*$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUser .+ from not allowed because not listed in AllowUsers\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUser .+ from not allowed because listed in DenyUsers\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUser .+ from not allowed because not in any group\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)srefused connect from \S+ \(\)\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sReceived disconnect from %(__on_port_opt)s:\s*3: .*: Auth fail%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUser .+ from not allowed because a group is listed in DenyGroups\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUser .+ from not allowed because none of user's groups are listed in AllowGroups\s*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)spam_unix\(sshd:auth\):\s+authentication failure;\s*logname=\S*\s*uid=\d*\s*euid=\d*\s*tty=\S*\s*ruser=\S*\s*rhost=\s.*%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)s(error: )?maximum authentication attempts exceeded for .* from %(__on_port_opt)s(?: ssh\d*)? \[preauth\]$ ^%(__prefix_line_ml1)sUser .+ not allowed because account is locked%(__prefix_line_ml2)sReceived disconnect from : 11: .+%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_ml1)sDisconnecting: Too many authentication failures for .+?%(__prefix_line_ml2)sConnection closed by %(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_ml1)sConnection from %(__on_port_opt)s%(__prefix_line_ml2)sDisconnecting: Too many authentication failures for .+%(__suff)s$ ddos = ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sDid not receive identification string from %(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sReceived disconnect from %(__on_port_opt)s:\s*14: No supported authentication methods available%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_sl)sUnable to negotiate with %(__on_port_opt)s: no matching (?:cipher|key exchange method) found. ^%(__prefix_line_ml1)sConnection from %(__on_port_opt)s%(__prefix_line_ml2)sUnable to negotiate a (?:cipher|key exchange method)%(__suff)s$ ^%(__prefix_line_ml1)sSSH: Server;Ltype: (?:Authname|Version|Kex);Remote: -\d+;[A-Z]\w+:.*%(__prefix_line_ml2)sRead from socket failed: Connection reset by peer%(__suff)s$ aggressive = %(normal)s %(ddos)s [Definition] failregex = %(mode)s ignoreregex = # "maxlines" is number of log lines to buffer for multi-line regex searches maxlines = 10 journalmatch = _SYSTEMD_UNIT=sshd.service + _COMM=sshd datepattern = {^LN-BEG} # DEV Notes: # # "Failed \S+ for .*? from ..." failregex uses non-greedy catch-all because # it is coming before use of which is not hard-anchored at the end as well, # and later catch-all's could contain user-provided input, which need to be greedily # matched away first. # # Author: Cyril Jaquier, Yaroslav Halchenko, Petr Voralek, Daniel Black