Agents and Access Gateway
CVE-2026-78629: Improper Authentication Verification in the Okta Hyperdrive Agent MFA Response Handling
The Okta Hyperdrive agent plugin returns a success response without a signed SAML assertion when the organization's policy requires no MFA for a given user.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Okta Hyperdrive Agent 1.2 | 1.5.2 or later |
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What it is
The Okta Hyperdrive agent plugin returns a success response without a signed SAML assertion when the organization's policy requires no MFA for a given user. The response contains only a bare boolean validation indicator with no cryptographic artifact, resulting in an unverifiable authentication verdict being delivered to the relying application.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 12 Oct 2026.