CVE-2026-78545CWE-94code-injection

CVE-2026-78545

Medium · published September 9, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize the application label field before including it in the generated nginx configuration file. The unsanitized value is interpolated into an nginx server block directive, resulting in execution of injected directives.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00382 · 31.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-09-09T00:18Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
okta/access_gateway< 2026.9.12026.9.1
References (1)
https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gateway-application-label-configuration-cve-2026-78545/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 SEP 03:18Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 08 SEP 20:05Z
    Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Application Label Configuration
    cvelistv5