What is CVE-2026-78545?

CVE-2026-78545 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-78545?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

CVE-2026-78545

CVE-2026-78545

The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize the application label field before including it in the generated nginx configuration file. The unsanitized value is interpolated into an nginx server block directive, resulting in execution of injected directives.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

psirt@okta.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-78545?: CVE-2026-78545 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-78545?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.