CVE-2026-78620

medium

Assigned by CNA: okta

Published 2026-09-08 · Modified 2026-09-08

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CVSS v3

5.9

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.9

Description

The Okta Access Gateway Kerberos configuration handler does not validate file paths specified in event payloads before writing file contents. The path from the event payload is used directly as the write destination, resulting in files being written to unintended locations on the appliance filesystem.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-path-validation-in-okta-access-gateway-kerberos-configuration-handling-cve-2026-78620

CWEs

CWE-73

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.