CVE-2026-78625

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The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize dashboard label values before writing them into generated PHP configuration files.

Vendor / product: Okta — access gateway

The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize dashboard label values before writing them into generated PHP configuration files. The generated file is automatically included during authentication requests, resulting in execution with the privileges of the web server process.

CVSS

6.7

6.7 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (psirt@okta.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-08 20:18

Modified: 2026-09-22 20:16

NVD status: Analyzed

Last synced 2 days 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)

CWE-94

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/insufficient-validation-of-dashboard-application-labels-in-okta-access-gateway-dashboard-site-configuration-cve-2026-78625

References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/insufficient-validation-of-dashboard-applicatio... psirt@okta.com

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:52 UTC · record ↗

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