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Potential Okta Password in AlternateID Field
Detects when a user has potentially entered their password into the username field, which will cause the password to be retained in log files.
Detection Query
selection:
legacyeventtype: core.user_auth.login_failed
filter_main:
actor.alternateid|re: (^0oa.*|[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,10})
condition: selection and not filter_main
Author
kelnage
Created
2023-04-03
Data Sources
oktaokta
Platforms
okta
References
Tags
attack.credential-accessattack.t1552
Raw Content
title: Potential Okta Password in AlternateID Field
id: 91b76b84-8589-47aa-9605-c837583b82a9
status: test
description: |
Detects when a user has potentially entered their password into the
username field, which will cause the password to be retained in log files.
references:
- https://developer.okta.com/docs/reference/api/system-log/
- https://www.mitiga.io/blog/how-okta-passwords-can-be-compromised-uncovering-a-risk-to-user-data
- https://help.okta.com/en-us/Content/Topics/users-groups-profiles/usgp-create-character-restriction.htm
author: kelnage
date: 2023-04-03
modified: 2023-10-25
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1552
logsource:
product: okta
service: okta
detection:
selection:
legacyeventtype: 'core.user_auth.login_failed'
filter_main:
# Okta service account names start with 0oa
# Email addresses are the default format for Okta usernames, so attempt
# to exclude alternateIds that look like valid emails
# If your Okta configuration uses different character restrictions, you
# will need to update this regular expression to reflect that or disable the rule for your environment
# Possible false negatives are failed login attempts with a password that looks like a valid email address
actor.alternateid|re: '(^0oa.*|[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,10})'
condition: selection and not filter_main
falsepositives:
- Unlikely
level: high