Sigma rule: Okta Password Health Report Query

A detection rule from the SigmaHQ repository, shown as its author published it. Dataset version ref-12afb628ef3f, updated 2023-10-25T00:00:00.000Z.

Rule

Title
Okta Password Health Report Query
Status
test
Level
low
Author
Muhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf)
Date
2023-10-25
File
rules-threat-hunting/cloud/okta/okta_password_health_report_query.yml
Commit
ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84

Detects all activities against the endpoint "/reports/password-health/*" which should only be accessed via OKTA Admin Console UI.
Use this rule to hunt for potential suspicious requests. Correlate this event with "admin console" login and alert on requests without any corresponding admin console login

Log source

product
okta
service
okta

Detection

selection:
    debugContext.debugData.requestUri|contains: '/reports/password-health/'
condition: selection

False positives (as the rule lists them)

  • OKTA Admin Activites via Web Console UI.
  • This rule is recommended to be used for threat hunting, especially in the context of OKTA support incident in OCT-2023.
  • This rule can be used to hunt the activity against endpoints like /reports/password-health/async_csv_download_schedule?, which are typically used from Okta Admin Console UI only, without any corresponding admin console login. See reference

Tags

  • attack.credential-access
  • detection.threat-hunting

References

Read on 2026-11-03T00:58:21.399Z under licence sigma-drl-1.1@d5f4c36a from https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-threat-hunting/cloud/okta/okta_password_health_report_query.yml

Sources and licences

  • SigmaHQ

    "Okta Password Health Report Query" by Muhammad Faisal (@faisalusuf) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-threat-hunting/cloud/okta/okta_password_health_report_query.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

    Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1

Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "Sigma rule: Okta Password Health Report Query",
entity page, dataset version ref-12afb628ef3f, updated 2023-10-25T00:00:00.000Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/detections/sigma/0d58814b-1660-4d31-8c93-d1086ed24cba (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 0d58814b-1660-4d31-8c93-d1086ed24cba, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.

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