CVE-2026-78626
Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-863 |
| Vendor | okta |
| Product | okta access gateway |
| Published | Sep 8, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Sep 10, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Affected Versions
Okta / Okta Access Gateway
0 < 2026.9.1