Agents and Access Gateway
CVE-2026-78626: Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway Protected Rules
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.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Okta Access Gateway 0 | 2026.9.1 or later |
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What it is
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.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 12 Oct 2026.