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Medium 6.6Published Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-78545Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Application Label Configuration
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The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize the application label field before including it in the generated nginx configuration file. The unsanitized value is interpolated into an nginx server block directive, resulting in execution of injected directives.
- CVSS
- 6.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- 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
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Okta Okta Access Gateway okta:access_gateway (from the name) | before 2026.9.1 | CNA record |
okta access_gateway okta:access_gateway | before 2026.9.1 | NVD |
References
- https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gateway-application-label-configuration-cve-2026-78545/vendor-advisory
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