CVE-2026-78632 (GCVE-0-2026-78632)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-13 20:08
Modified
2026-10-14 18:39
CWE
  • CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Summary
The Okta RADIUS Agent Windows installer assigns write permissions to the NT SERVICE\ALL SERVICES and CREATOR OWNER security principals on the directories containing the agent configuration, AES encryption key, and logs. These permissions allow any local service account on the host to read the AES encryption key and the encrypted Okta API token.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Okta Okta RADIUS Agent Version: 2.17.5   ≤
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