CVE-2026-78626: high-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway
Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.1epss 0.4%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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%