Overview
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Custom rules
Create custom rules in the dashboard
Create custom rules via API
Configure a rule with the Skip action

API examples
Skip options

Manage custom rules in the dashboard
Firewall rules
Rate limiting rules
Determining the request rate
Create rate limiting rules in the dashboard
Create rate limiting rules via API
Rate limiting parameters
Common use cases
Managed Rulesets
Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check
Deploy Managed Rulesets for a zone
Deploy rulesets via API
Defining WAF exceptions

Define WAF exceptions in the dashboard
Define WAF exceptions via API

Log the payload of matched rules

Configure payload logging in the dashboard
View the payload content in the dashboard
Configure payload logging via API
Command-line operations

Generate a key pair
Decrypt the payload content
Automated exposed credentials check
How exposed credentials checks work
Configure exposed credentials checks via API
Test your exposed credentials checks configuration
Monitor exposed credentials events
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2022-03-31 – Emergency
2022-03-29 – Emergency
2022-03-14
2022-03-07
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2022-02-14
2022-01-24
2021-12-16 – Emergency
2021-12-14 – Emergency
2021-12-10 – Emergency
2021-11-01
2021-10-25
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2021-09-01 – Emergency
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2021-07-01 – Emergency
2021-06-21
2021-06-14
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2021-04-21 – Emergency
2021-04-19
2021-03-22
2021-03-08
2021-03-06 – Emergency
2021-03-05 – Emergency
2021-03-01
2020-12-14
2020-12-02
2020-11-16
2020-11-05 – Emergency
2020-11-04 – Emergency
2020-10-19
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2020-09-28
2020-09-21
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2020-09-07
2020-08-24
2020-09-01
2020-07-27
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2020-07-07 – Emergency
2020-07-13
2020-06-22
2020-06-15
2020-06-08
2020-05-25
2020-05-11
2020-05-04
2020-04-27
2020-04-20
2020-04-06
2020-03-30
2020-03-23
2020-03-12
2020-03-09
2020-03-02 – Emergency
2020-02-17
2020-02-10
2020-01-27
2020-01-20
2020-01-16 – Emergency
2019-12-16
2019-11-25 – Emergency
2019-11-12
2019-11-07 – Emergency
2019-11-04
2019-10-27 – Emergency
2019-10-23 – Emergency
2019-10-21
2019-10-17 – Emergency
2019-10-14
2019-10-07
2019-09-30
2019-09-26 – Emergency
2019-09-16
Historical

2020-11-04 – Emergency release

Ruleset	Rule	Description	Previous Action	New Action
Cloudflare Specials	100164	SaltStack - Command Injection - CVE-2020-16846	N/A	Block
Cloudflare Specials	100164_JSON	SaltStack - Command Injection - CVE-2020-16846	N/A	Block
Cloudflare Specials	100164_YAML	SaltStack - Command Injection - CVE-2020-16846	N/A	Block