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CVE-2026-78552

Validation Bypass in Okta Access Gateway Custom Directives

Published: Sep 8, 2026Updated: Sep 10, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-693
6.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 74.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

The Okta Access Gateway does not apply its Lua directive restriction to the application-level custom configuration field. The field is interpolated directly into the nginx server block without inspection, resulting in execution of injected directives.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:LI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-693

Affected Products

Okta
commercial·USaka okta-sdk-java, okta verify
Okta Access GatewaySaaS
Security Products / identity-access-mgmt

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/validation-bypass-in-okta-access-gateway-custom-directives-cve-2026-78552
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