Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-78626 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-78626 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-78626?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Okta Access Gateway prior to 2026.9.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-78626?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-78626 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-78626?
- Check whether you run Okta Access Gateway 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 an authorization bypass (CWE-863) caused by improper input sanitization and insecure regular expression evaluation in the Protected Rule authorization check. The attack requires an authenticated user with a valid account assigned to the protected application, and affects deployments where administrators have explicitly configured Protected Rule policies. An attacker can craft malicious input to circumvent the authorization checks and gain access to protected resources. The issue is fixed in version 2026.9.1 and later; all earlier versions are vulnerable.
Affected products
- Okta Access Gateway prior to 2026.9.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed