CVE-2026-78550

Q: How do I fix CVE-2026-78550?

Upgrade access gateway to 2026.9.1 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2026-78550 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-78550 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.38% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 30% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2026-78550?

CVE-2026-78550 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2026-78550 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for access gateway (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.6

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Okta Access Gateway management console passes user-supplied input to eval() without sanitization during an authenticated administrator SSH session. As a result, the unsanitized input is executed directly, leading to code execution with the privileges of the management console.

CWE-95

How to fix

Remediation Available

access gatewayNVD

Affected:< 2026.9.1Fixed in:2026.9.1CVE-2026-78550derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

trust.okta.com

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Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2026-78550?

Upgrade access gateway to 2026.9.1 or later.

Is CVE-2026-78550 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2026-78550 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.38% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 30% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2026-78550?

CVE-2026-78550 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2026-78550 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for access gateway (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-09-29.