Medium severity · published Sep 8, 2026
CVE-2026-78552
Validation Bypass in Okta Access Gateway Custom Directives
4.9
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Okta Access Gateway does not apply its Lua directive restriction to the application-level custom configuration field. The field is interpolated directly into the nginx server block without inspection, resulting in execution of injected directives.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OA
Okta Access Gateway · Okta
before 2026.9.1 · source: vendor
AG
Access Gateway · Okta
before 2026.9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78552
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-78552
Vendor Advisory
https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/validation-bypass-in-okta-access-gateway-custom-directives-cve-2026-78552
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