What is CVE-2026-78630?

CVE-2026-78630 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-78630?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in Okta Access Gateway

CVE-2026-78630

The Okta Access Gateway does not neutralize shell metacharacters in SNMP configuration values before a privileged script uses them to construct OS commands. An authenticated local user with access to the management interface can supply crafted values, resulting in the execution of arbitrary OS commands with root privileges.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Okta Access Gateway

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

psirt@okta.com

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-78630?: CVE-2026-78630 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Okta Access Gateway, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-78630?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.