CVE-2026-78545

high

Description

The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize the application label field before including it in the generated nginx configuration file. The unsanitized value is interpolated into an nginx server block directive, resulting in execution of injected directives.

References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-sanitization-in-okta-access-gateway-application-label-configuration-cve-2026-78545/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-74163

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-08

Updated: 2026-09-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00382