Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-78574 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-78574 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-78574?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Okta Hyperdrive Integration plugin 1.2.0 through 1.5.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-78574?
- A patch was published on 2026-09-08: Fixed in version 1.5.2 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-78574 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-78574?
- Check whether you run Okta Hyperdrive or Okta Hyperdrive Integration plugin at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a DLL hijacking / untrusted search path issue (CWE-426) where the Okta Hyperdrive Integration plugin resolves and loads assemblies from a registry path within the current user's registry hive (HKCU) without signature validation. The plugin uses Assembly.LoadFrom to load assemblies referenced in the user-writable registry path, bypassing standard assembly verification. An unprivileged, authenticated local user who can write to the per-user registry hive can place a malicious assembly in a location referenced by the vulnerable code path. When the plugin attempts assembly resolution and falls through to the user registry, it loads the attacker-controlled assembly, which executes with the privileges of the host process or installer. The vulnerability affects versions 1.2.0 through 1.5.1 and is fixed in version 1.5.2 or later.
Affected products
- Okta Hyperdrive Integration plugin 1.2.0 through 1.5.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed
- 2026-09-08: patched: Fixed in version 1.5.2