CVE-2026-77585 (GCVE-0-2026-77585)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-25 20:07
Modified
2026-08-26 19:46
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
The Okta Privileged Access client does not reject a leading hyphen in the username portion of an SSH target. As a result, the value may be interpreted as a command-line option by the underlying SSH process.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okta | Okta Privileged Access Client |
Version: 1.59.0 ≤ |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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