The Okta Access Gateway improperly handles input sanitization and regular expression evaluation within its Protected Rule authorization check, resulting in an authorization bypass when an administrator has explicitly configured a Protected Rule policy on one or more application resources.

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Solution

Upgrade Okta Access Gateway to version 2026.9.1 or greater.


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Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description The Okta Access Gateway improperly handles input sanitization and regular expression evaluation within its Protected Rule authorization check, resulting in an authorization bypass when an administrator has explicitly configured a Protected Rule policy on one or more application resources.
Title Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
Weaknesses CWE-863
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Okta

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-08T20:11:08.024Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T22:04:00.475Z

Link: CVE-2026-78626

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-08T20:18:38.070

Modified: 2026-09-08T21:13:32.293

Link: CVE-2026-78626

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