Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group — Sigma Rule

Rule metadata and linked tags

Author: Austin Songer @austinsonger. Source status: test; severity: medium. Source dates: 2021-09-12 / 2026-04-27.

{
  "product": "okta",
  "service": "okta"
}

Pinned original Sigma rule · Detection Rule License 1.1

Source SHA-256: ebd3ea7c92148653d9cb18add46806f4bb49f99a4aea92fb20d74bd3843d332c

Detection logic

Original source YAML. Source-tag agreement is not proof of complete semantic coverage. This rule has not been compiled for a SIEM backend or validated against live telemetry here.

title: Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group
id: 413d4a81-6c98-4479-9863-014785fd579c
status: test
description: Detects when an the Administrator role is assigned to an user or group.
references:
    - https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
    - https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/
author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
date: 2021-09-12
modified: 2026-04-27
tags:
    - attack.privilege-escalation
    - attack.persistence
    - attack.t1098.003
logsource:
    product: okta
    service: okta
detection:
    selection:
        eventType:
            - group.privilege.grant
            - user.account.privilege.grant
    condition: selection
falsepositives:
    - Administrator roles could be assigned to users or group by other admin users.

level: medium

Original YAML and metadata in JSON

False positives

• Administrator roles could be assigned to users or group by other admin users.

Source references

• https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
• https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/