What is CVE-2026-78579?

CVE-2026-78579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway, classified under LDAP Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-78579?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

LDAP Injection in Okta Access Gateway

CVE-2026-78579

The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize SAML assertion attribute values before interpolating them into LDAP search filters in the LDAP datastore configuration. The raw values are substituted directly into the filter string and passed to the LDAP search operation, resulting in modification of the intended query logic.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Okta Access Gateway

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-90 — LDAP Injection

References

psirt@okta.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-78579?: CVE-2026-78579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway, classified under LDAP Injection. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-78579?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.