{"id":"CVE-2026-78623","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-78623","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:28:13.738Z","title":"The unsanitized values are substituted directly into the query string prior to preparation, resulting in unintended SQL execution against the configured backend database.","description":"The Okta Access Gateway does not sanitize SAML assertion values before interpolating them into database queries in the advanced mode datastore configuration. The unsanitized values are substituted directly into the query string prior to preparation, resulting in unintended SQL execution against the configured backend database.","published":"2026-09-08T20:18:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-22T20:27:41.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@okta.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["okta/access gateway"],"epss":{"score":0.0045,"percentile":0.38838,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-22T20:30:13.000Z","detail":{"from":"7.7","score":"9.9","severity":"CRITICAL","fromSeverity":"HIGH"},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL (was 7.7)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-handling-of-saml-assertion-attributes-in-okta-access-gateway-advanced-mode-datastores-cve-2026-78623","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@okta.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78623","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."}