Security

Okta SAML authentication error

sumanssah
Communicator

Hello Splunkers,

I am facing some difficulties with new Okta SAML authentication with Splunk enterprise, whenever user authenticate using OKTA getting an error as

"The 'Audience' field in the saml response from the IdP does not match the configuration. Ensure the configuration in Splunk matches the configuration in the IdP."

When I am checking Splunk logs with

index=_internal sourcetype=splunkd SAML

I can see a below-mentioned error

ERROR Saml - Failed to verify the assertion - The 'Audience' field in the saml response from the IdP does not match the configuration., Error details=Expected=https://dev.test.com/, found=urn:splunkweb:dev.test.com
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jjmstars
Observer

Thank you!! @AnilPujar I made it!

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purnavenkatesh
Explorer

I have the same issues. 

Issue is fixed by correcting the EntityID in my saml configurations. 

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deepashri_123
Motivator

Hey @sumanssah ,

Your problem seems to be the first among the listed troubleshooting steps.Refer this doc below:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.6/Security/TroubleshootSAMLSSO

let me know if this helps!!

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sumanssah
Communicator

I referred above-mentioned link, however, no success

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AnilPujar
Path Finder

this issue occured to me when i gave wrong entityId while adding SAML metadata file.

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