CVE-2026-78623highCWE-89

CVE-2026-78623: high-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway

Improper Handling of SAML Assertion Attributes in Okta Access Gateway Advanced Mode Datastores

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.7epss 0.4%
The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize SAML assertion values before interpolating them into database queries in the advanced mode datastore configuration. The unsanitized values are substituted directly into the query string prior to preparation, resulting in unintended SQL execution against the configured backend database.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Okta · Okta Access Gateway
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