{"id":"CVE-2026-78620","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-78620","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:16:59.138Z","title":"The Okta Access Gateway Kerberos configuration handler does not validate file paths specified in event payloads before writing file contents.","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.","published":"2026-09-08T20:18:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-22T20:39:20.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@okta.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-73"],"affected":["okta/access gateway"],"epss":{"score":0.00338,"percentile":0.26987,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-22T22:45:09.000Z","detail":{"from":"5.9","score":"4.9","severity":"MEDIUM","fromSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 4.9 MEDIUM (was 5.9)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-path-validation-in-okta-access-gateway-kerberos-configuration-handling-cve-2026-78620","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@okta.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78620","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}