CVE-2026-78620

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.34% (27th) EPSS
CVSS 4.9 · medium
Is it mine?
1 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
1 sources
nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

01

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.9
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@okta.comexploitability 0.7 · impact 5.2
v3.14.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
02

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
03

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-73US
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affected products (1)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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sources

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nvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-09-08modified 2026-09-22
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references (1) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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