Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2026-77585
Improper Validation of SSH Target in Okta Privileged Access Client
5.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
Okta Privileged Access Client · Okta
1.59.0 before 1.111.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77585
trust.okta.com
https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-validation-ssh-target-in-okta-privileged-access-client-cve-2026-77585
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