CVE•Published 2026-09-08•Modified 2026-09-23•0 articles on news•3 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-78579Okta · Access_gateway
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
16
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 84% of all CVEs
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-08
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-78579Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Okta Access Gateway"All exposed Okta Access Gateway instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Access Gateway"HTTP body or banner mentions "Access Gateway" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-78579Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-78579Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-78579Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-78579GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-78579" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-78579 on GitHub.
We haven't classified any articles referencing CVE-2026-78579 yet. The external references above still apply.