Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published Sep 8, 2026· Updated Sep 8, 2026

CVE-2026-78620

Description

The Okta Access Gateway Kerberos configuration handler does not validate file paths specified in event payloads before writing file contents. The path from the event payload is used directly as the write destination, resulting in files being written to unintended locations on the appliance filesystem.

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Affected products

Okta/Okta Access Gatewayllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-path-validation-in-okta-access-gateway-kerberos-configuration-handling-cve-2026-78620nvd

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