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Okta Admin Access Granted

This is a threat-hunting query, not an automated detection. It surfaces activity for an analyst to review rather than firing on a match. It is searchable for reference but is excluded from the detection-rule browse and the ATT&CK coverage matrix.

Source: github.com/panther-labs/panther-analysis

Audit instances of admin access granted in your okta tenant

Rules detecting the same action

Other rules on this platform that filter on the same API call or operation.

Administrator Privileges Assigned to an Okta Group (Elastic)
High-Risk Admin Activity (Kusto)
Okta Admin Role Assigned (Panther)
Okta Admin Role Assigned to an User or Group (Sigma)
Okta User Assigned Administrator Role (Elastic)

Rule body yaml

AnalysisType: scheduled_query
QueryName: "Okta Admin Access Granted"
Enabled: false
Description: >
  Audit instances of admin access granted in your okta tenant
Query: |
  SELECT
  p_event_time as event_time,
  actor:alternateId as actor_email,
  actor:displayName as actor_name,
  displayMessage,
  eventType,
  debugContext:debugData:privilegeGranted as priv_granted,
  target as target_name,
  client:ipAddress as src_ip,
  client:geographicalContext:city as city,
  client:geographicalContext:country as country,
  client:userAgent:rawUserAgent as user_agent
  FROM
    panther_logs.public.okta_systemlog
  WHERE
  ( eventType = 'user.account.privilege.grant'
   OR
    eventType = 'group.privilege.grant'
   AND
     debugContext:debugData:privilegeGranted like '%Admin%'
  )
    AND
    p_occurs_between('2022-01-14','2022-03-22')
  ORDER BY
  event_time desc
Schedule:
  RateMinutes: 43200
  TimeoutMinutes: 1

Detection logic

Stage 1: `source`

panther_logs.public.okta_systemlog

Stage 2: `filter`

eventType eq "user.account.privilege.grant" or (eventType eq "group.privilege.grant" and debugContext:debugData:privilegeGranted wildcard "*Admin*")

This rule also runs imperative logic the parser cannot express as a filter; the conditions above are the structured part it could extract.

Indicators

Each row is a field, operator, and value that the rule matches. The corpus column counts how many other rules in the catalog look for the same combination: high numbers point to widely-used, community-vetted indicators. Blank or 1 shows that the indicator is specific to this rule.

Field	Kind	Values
`debugContext:debugData:privilegeGranted`	wildcard	`Admin`
`eventType`	eq	`group.privilege.grant` `user.account.privilege.grant`

Output fields

Fields the rule emits when it matches. Chronicle authors list these in the outcome block; they appear on the detection and $risk_score drives alerting. Sentinel / Defender XDR rules build them up through project / summarize / extend stages. Sentinel maps these into alert fields via entityMappings and customDetails; Defender XDR custom detections surface them as alert fields directly.

Field	Source
`event_time`	`p_event_time`
`actor_email`	`actor:alternateId`
`actor_name`	`actor:displayName`
`displayMessage`
`eventType`
`priv_granted`	`debugContext:debugData:privilegeGranted`
`target_name`	`target`
`src_ip`	`client:ipAddress`
`city`	`client:geographicalContext:city`
`country`	`client:geographicalContext:country`
`user_agent`	`client:userAgent:rawUserAgent`

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`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`risk_score`	Numeric comparison on the Elastic risk score (0 to 100): `risk_score>50`, `risk_score<=20`, `risk_score=99` (alias `risk`; Elastic rules only)
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`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
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`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

Okta Admin Access Granted

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