CVE-2026-78579: medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway
Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway LDAP Datastore Filter Interpolation
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.8epss 0.3%
The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize SAML assertion attribute values before interpolating them into LDAP search filters in the LDAP datastore configuration. The raw values are substituted directly into the filter string and passed to the LDAP search operation, resulting in modification of the intended query logic.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Okta · Okta Access GatewayRelated CVEs — Okta Access Gateway
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2026-115547CRITICALCommand Execution via Admin Console Input in Okta Access GatewayEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-78624MEDIUMImproper Path Validation in Okta Access Gateway Backup and Restore FunctionalityEPSS 0.5%CVE-2026-78623HIGHImproper Handling of SAML Assertion Attributes in Okta Access Gateway Advanced Mode DatastoresEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-115546HIGHAuthentication Source Verification Issue in Okta Access GatewayEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-78552MEDIUMValidation Bypass in Okta Access Gateway Custom DirectivesEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-78550MEDIUMImproper Input Handling in Okta Access Gateway Management Console Exception HandlerEPSS 0.4%