CVE-2026-78579Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway LDAP Datastore Filter Interpolation
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The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize SAML assertion attribute values before interpolating them into LDAP search filters in the LDAP datastore configuration. The raw values are substituted directly into the filter string and passed to the LDAP search operation, resulting in modification of the intended query logic.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-90
- 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-ldap-datastore-filter-interpolation-cve-2026-78579vendor-advisory
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