CVE-2026-78626

EUVD-2026-74174
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
OktaCNA
8.1 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
oktaaccess_gateway
𝑥
< 2026.9.1
CNA
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gateway-protected-rules-cve-2026-78626