CVE•Published 2026-09-08•Modified 2026-09-10•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-78620
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-09-08
Modified 2026-09-10
External references
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vuln:CVE-2026-78620Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
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GitHub code
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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