{"id":"CVE-2026-78630","title":"The Okta Access Gateway does not neutralize shell metacharacters in SNMP configuration values before a privileged script uses them to construct OS commands","summary":"The Okta Access Gateway does not neutralize shell metacharacters in SNMP configuration values before a privileged script uses them to construct OS commands. An authenticated local user with access to the management interface can supply c…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-78"],"vendor":"Okta","product":"Okta Access Gateway","affected":["access_gateway < 2026.9.1"],"published":"2026-09-08","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T15:17:42.530","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78630","references":[{"url":"https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-neutralization-in-okta-access-gateway-snmp-configuration-processing-cve-2026-78630","label":"psirt@okta.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:40:05.266289Z"},"epss":0.00153,"epssPercentile":0.04837,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-08T21:11:12.374Z","slug":"CVE-2026-78630","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Okta Access Gateway does not neutralize shell metacharacters in SNMP configuration values before a privileged script uses them to construct OS commands. An authenticated local user with access to the management interface can supply crafted values, resulting in the execution of arbitrary OS commands with root privileges.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":37,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":36.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}