# CVE-2026-78626: Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules

> CVE-2026-78626: Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules. CVSS 8.1 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78626
Last updated: 2026-09-22T20:14:53Z

- Published: 2026-09-08 20:11 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-22 20:14 UTC · Assigner: Okta
- CVSS: 8.1 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 0.36%, 29th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-863

## 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- Okta: Okta Access Gateway

## Tracked companies

- [Okta](https://rewindex.com/company/okta.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78626)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78626)
- [https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gateway-protected-rules-cve-2026-78626](https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gateway-protected-rules-cve-2026-78626)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78626 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-78626.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-78626 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T04:04:50.796Z