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CVE-2026-78579: Improper Input Sanitization in Okta Access Gateway LDAP Datastore Filter Interpolation
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-08 · updated 2026-09-23
- Weakness: CWE-90
Description
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.
Affected products
- Okta Access Gateway: before 2026.9.1 — fixed in 2026.9.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Okta Access Gateway 2026.9.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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