{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-78622 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-78622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-78622 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Okta Verify for Windows, published on 8 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-78622 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-78622 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Okta Verify for Windows, published on 8 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-78622 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Okta Verify for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78622/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78622/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-78622","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78622/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-78622","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-63pc-vhwj-p2qm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_modify","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Okta Verify Windows","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An attacker can cause recursive deletion of unintended directories during uninstallation by exploiting junction handling in Okta Verify for Windows.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Okta","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"The Okta Verify for Windows uninstaller does not verify whether the user data directory is a filesystem junction before deleting its contents with elevated privileges. The delete operation follows the junction target, resulting in recursive deletion of unintended directory contents.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Improper Link Resolution in Okta Verify for Windows Uninstaller Data Removal","id":"CVE-2026-78622","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Improper Handling of SAML Assertion Attributes in Okta Access Gateway Advanced Mode Datastores","id":"CVE-2026-78623"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Improper Path Validation in Okta Access Gateway Kerberos Configuration Handling","id":"CVE-2026-78620"},"products":["Okta Verify for Windows"],"published":"2026-09-08","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-10","vendors":["Okta"]},"summary":"An attacker can cause recursive deletion of unintended directories during uninstallation by exploiting junction handling in Okta Verify for Windows.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-78622/"}