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Medium 5.3Published Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2026-77585Improper Validation of SSH Target in Okta Privileged Access Client
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The Okta Privileged Access client does not reject a leading hyphen in the username portion of an SSH target. As a result, the value may be interpreted as a command-line option by the underlying SSH process.
- CVSS
- 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Okta
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Okta Okta Privileged Access Client okta:privileged_access_client (from the name) | from 1.59.0 before 1.111.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-validation-ssh-target-in-okta-privileged-access-client-cve-2026-77585
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