CVE-2026-78552
mediumThe Okta Access Gateway does not apply its Lua directive restriction to the application-level custom configuration field.
Vendor / product: Okta — access gateway
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.
CVSS
4.9
4.9 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-08 20:18
Modified: 2026-09-23 17:51
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
okta / access_gateway <2026.9.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗