CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-78620

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2026-09-08 Modified 2026-09-22 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-09-08
Last modified
2026-09-22
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-73

Description

The Okta Access Gateway Kerberos configuration handler does not validate file paths specified in event payloads before writing file contents. The path from the event payload is used directly as the write destination, resulting in files being written to unintended locations on the appliance filesystem.

Affected configurations

• okta access gateway (< 2026.9.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness

References