CVE-2026-78635

medium

Description

The Okta Privileged Access client URL handler does not insert an option terminator before appending the target value to the command-line arguments. When a scaleft:// protocol handler link contains a value beginning with a hyphen, the underlying CLI framework interprets it as a command-line flag, causing unintended modification of the SSH client's behavior.

References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-validation-in-the-okta-privileged-access-ssh-client-url-handler-argument-cve-2026-78635

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-74179

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-08

Updated: 2026-09-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00201