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Falcon Quarantine Management provides control over files that have been quarantined due to malicious or suspicious activity. Search for quarantined files, perform actions like release or delete, and validate action impacts before execution.

Get-FalconQuarantine

Search for quarantined files.

Parameters

string[]
Quarantined file identifier(s) in format [aid]_[sha256]
string
Falcon Query Language expression to limit results
string
Match phrase prefix for substring search
string
Property and direction to sort resultsOptions: hostname.asc, hostname.desc, username.asc, username.desc, date_updated.asc, date_updated.desc, date_created.asc, date_created.desc, paths.path.asc, paths.path.desc, paths.state.asc, paths.state.desc, state.asc, state.desc
int32
Maximum number of results per request (1-5000)
int32
Position to begin retrieving results
switch
Retrieve detailed information
switch
Repeat requests until all available results are retrieved
switch
Display total result count instead of results

Example: List All Quarantined Files

Example: Search by Hostname

Invoke-FalconQuarantineAction

Perform actions on quarantined files.

Parameters

string
required
Action to perform: release, unrelease, delete
string
Falcon Query Language statement (for filter-based actions)
string
Match phrase prefix (for filter-based actions)
string
Audit log comment
string[]
Quarantined file identifier(s)

Example: Release Files by ID

Example: Delete Files by Filter

Example: Unrelease Files

Test-FalconQuarantineAction

Check the number of quarantined files potentially affected by a filter-based action.

Parameters

string
required
Falcon Query Language statement

Example: Validate Before Bulk Action

Use Cases

False Positive Management

Quarantine Cleanup

Audit Quarantined Files by User

Targeted File Release

Bulk Release with Validation

Requires Quarantined Files: Read scope for read operations and Quarantined Files: Write scope for performing actions.
Be cautious when releasing quarantined files. Always verify that files are legitimate before releasing them back to endpoints. Use the Test-FalconQuarantineAction cmdlet to validate the scope of filter-based actions before execution.