CVE-2026-77585

medium

Description

The Okta Privileged Access client does not reject a leading hyphen in the username portion of an SSH target. As a result, the value may be interpreted as a command-line option by the underlying SSH process.

References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-validation-ssh-target-in-okta-privileged-access-client-cve-2026-77585

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N