Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group

calendar Oct 23, 2025 · attack.privilege-escalation attack.persistence attack.t1098.003  ·
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Detects when an the Administrator role is assigned to an user or group.

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 1title: Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group
 2id: 413d4a81-6c98-4479-9863-014785fd579c
 3status: test
 4description: Detects when an the Administrator role is assigned to an user or group.
 5references:
 6    - https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
 7    - https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/event-types/
 8author: Austin Songer @austinsonger
 9date: 2021-09-12
10modified: 2022-10-09
11tags:
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.persistence
14    - attack.t1098.003
15logsource:
16    product: okta
17    service: okta
18detection:
19    selection:
20        eventtype:
21            - group.privilege.grant
22            - user.account.privilege.grant
23    condition: selection
24falsepositives:
25    - Administrator roles could be assigned to users or group by other admin users.
26
27level: medium

References

  • System Log

    The Okta System Log records system events that are related to your organization in order to provide an audit trail that can be used to understand platform activity and to diagnose problems. The System Log API provides near real-time, read-only access to your organization's System Log and is the programmatic counterpart of the [System Log UI](https://help.okta.com/okta_help.htm?id=ext_Reports_SysLog). The terms "event" and "log event" are often used interchangeably. In the context of this API, an "event" is an occurrence of interest within the system, and a "log" or "log event" is the recorded fact. The System Log API supports these primary use cases: * Event data export into a security information and event management system (SIEM) * System monitoring * Development debugging * Event introspection and audit > **Note:** Some of the curl code examples on this page include SSWS API token authentication. However, Okta recommends using scoped OAuth 2.0 and OIDC access tokens to authenticate with Okta management APIs. OAuth 2.0 and OIDC access tokens provide fine-grain control over the bearer's actions on specific endpoints. See [Okta API authentication methods](https://developer.okta.com/docs/api/openapi/okta-oauth/guides/overview/). For further details and examples, see [System Log query](https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/system-log-query/).


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