CVE-2026-78545 Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Application Label Configuration
Attackers can inject nginx directives via unsanitized application labels, leading to code execution on the Okta Access Gateway server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-78545?
CVE-2026-78545 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway, published on 8 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize the application label field before including it in the generated nginx configuration file. The unsanitized value is interpolated into an nginx server block directive, resulting in execution of injected directives.
Weakness: CWE-94
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-78545?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Okta Access Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2026-78545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-78545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2026-78545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-78545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Okta Access Gateway
- CVE-2026-78626 Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
- CVE-2026-78623 Improper Handling of SAML Assertion Attributes in Okta Access Gateway Advanced Mode Datastores
- CVE-2026-78579 Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway LDAP Datastore Filter Interpolation
- CVE-2026-78625 Insufficient Validation of Dashboard Application Labels in Okta Access Gateway Dashboard Site Configuration
- CVE-2026-78630 Improper Input Neutralization in Okta Access Gateway SNMP Configuration Processing
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r66p-gcff-8wm2.