VDB-400472 · CVE-2026-78626 · GCVE-0-2026-78626

Okta Access Gateway up to 2026.9.0 Protected Rule Authorization Check improper authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Okta Access Gateway up to 2026.9.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Protected Rule Authorization Check. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-78626. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Okta Access Gateway up to 2026.9.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Protected Rule Authorization Check. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at trust.okta.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-78626 since 08/25/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

Upgrading to version 2026.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Okta

Name

Access Gateway

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.1
CNA Vector (Okta): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authorization
CWE: CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Access Gateway 2026.9.1

Timelineinfo

08/25/2026 CVE reserved
09/08/2026 +14 days Advisory disclosed
09/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: trust.okta.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-78626 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-78626
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-400472

Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2026 22:30
Changes: 09/08/2026 22:30 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103