CVE-2026-78626 json
Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
published 2026-09-08 2 mo ago modified 2026-09-22 47 d ago also EUVD-2026-74174
- cvss
- 8.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Okta Access Gateway improperly handles input sanitization and regular expression evaluation within its Protected Rule authorization check, resulting in an authorization bypass when an administrator has explicitly configured a Protected Rule policy on one or more application resources.
Patch / fix
- Okta Okta Access Gateway 2026.9.1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 1 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- Okta Okta Access Gateway
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-78626
- NVD CVE-2026-78626
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