Path traversal in Okta Verify for Windows
Priority LOW 34CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.
Summary
The Auto-update service for Okta Verify for Windows is vulnerable to two flaws which in combination could be used to execute arbitrary code.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00457 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Okta Verify for Windows (Okta): 4.10.7
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Okta Verify for Windows (Okta) Fixed in 4.10.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0980
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w25q-j7hc-27j8
References
More Okta vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-20426 Imprivata Privileged Access Management (formally Xton Privileged Access Management) 2.3.202112051108 allows XSS. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2022-08176 Code injection in Okta Advanced Server Access Client CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-09349 A command injection vulnerability in the cookieDomain and relayDomain parameters of Okta… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2026-54670 Improper Handling of SAML Assertion Attributes in Okta Access Gateway Advanced Mode Datastores CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2026-79552 Command execution via Admin Console input in Okta Access Gateway CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-00089 Command injection in Okta Advanced Server Access CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-0980 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-0980 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w25q-j7hc-27j8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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