CVE-2026-78626 (GCVE-0-2026-78626)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-08 20:11
Modified
2026-09-10 14:35
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
The Okta Access Gateway improperly handles input sanitization and regular expression evaluation within its Protected Rule authorization check, resulting in an authorization bypass when an administrator has explicitly configured a Protected Rule policy on one or more application resources.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Okta Okta Access Gateway Version: 0   ≤
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