CVE-2026-78626: Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
High · CVSS 8.1 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 0.36%, 29th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Okta
Description
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N · CWE-863
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Okta: Okta Access Gateway
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gatewa… (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)