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.

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)

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.

Affected products

Okta Privileged Access Client

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@okta.com

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.