Description

Message contains use of the Ticketmaster open redirect, but the sender is not Ticketmaster. This has been exploited in the wild.

Sublime Security
Created Aug 17th, 2023 • Last updated Jan 12th, 2026
Source
type.inbound
and any(body.links,
        .href_url.domain.domain == 'links.engage.ticketmaster.com'
        and .href_url.path =~ '/ctt'
)
and sender.email.domain.root_domain != 'ticketmaster.com'
and headers.return_path.domain.root_domain != "ticketmaster.com"

// negate highly trusted sender domains unless they fail DMARC authentication
and (
  (
    sender.email.domain.root_domain in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
    and not headers.auth_summary.dmarc.pass
  )
  or sender.email.domain.root_domain not in $high_trust_sender_root_domains
)
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