CVE-2026-78626High· 8.1▾ TwilightThe 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 Protect…
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 44.6 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
0.2%
Last analysed / modified upstream
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.
access_gateway < 2026.9.1Upgrade past the affected range:
access_gateway 2026.9.1Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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