RCE in Okta Privileged Access Client

CVE-2026-77585

The Okta Privileged Access client does not reject a leading hyphen in the username portion of an SSH target. As a result, the value may be interpreted as a command-line option by the underlying SSH process.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-77585: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-77585?
CVE-2026-77585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Privileged Access Client, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-77585?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.