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OktaCVE-2026-78626

Okta Access Gateway: improper authorization

High8.1CVE-2026-78626 · Published Sep 8, 2026 · updated Sep 22, 2026

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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Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Okta Access Gateway
Product
< 2026.9.12026.9.1
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