Improper Validation of SSH Target in Okta Privileged Access Client
Priority LOW 23CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
The Okta Privileged Access client does not reject a leading hyphen in the username portion of an SSH target. As a result, the value may be interpreted as a command-line option by the underlying SSH process.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0014 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Okta Privileged Access Client (Okta): 1.111.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 Privileged Access Client (Okta) Fixed in 1.111.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-77585
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vxp6-p2w9-m3hj
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-2026-77585 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-77585 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vxp6-p2w9-m3hj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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