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CVE-2026-78550
Okta Okta Access Gateway — Improper Input Handling in Okta Access Gateway Management Console Exception Handler
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L H N U H H H 7.2 .0038 29.8 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Okta Access Gateway unspecified —
TIMELINE
Aug 24 Reserved by Okta
Sep 8 Published (CNA: Okta)
Sep 29 RESCORED — CVE-2026-78550 (Okta Access Gateway). CVSS 6.6 → 7.2 (NVD).
Description
The Okta Access Gateway management console passes user-supplied input to eval() without sanitization during an authenticated administrator SSH session. As a result, the unsanitized input is executed directly, leading to code execution with the privileges of the management console.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| August 24, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Okta |
| September 8, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Okta) |
| September 29, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2026-78550 (Okta Access Gateway). CVSS 6.6 → 7.2 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Okta | Okta Access Gateway | — | — | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-78550 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Saturday, October 3, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.