Okta Hyperdrive Agent up to 1.5.1 Agent Plugin improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Okta Hyperdrive Agent up to 1.5.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Agent Plugin. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-78629. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Okta Hyperdrive Agent up to 1.5.1. Affected is an unknown part of the component Agent Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Okta Hyperdrive agent plugin returns a success response without a signed SAML assertion when the organization's policy requires no MFA for a given user. The response contains only a bare boolean validation indicator with no cryptographic artifact, resulting in an unverifiable authentication verdict being delivered to the relying application.

The advisory is shared for download at trust.okta.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-78629 since 08/25/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 1.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 5.6
CNA Vector (Okta): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Hyperdrive Agent 1.5.2

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-2026-78629 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-78629
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-400620

Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2026 23:18
Changes: 09/08/2026 23:18 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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