CVE-2026-78550

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.66.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.6 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Okta Access Gateway management console passes user-supplied input to eval() without sanitization during an authenticated administrator SSH session. As a result, the unsanitized input is executed directly, leading to code execution with the privileges of the management console.

CVSS v3
6.6
EG Score
6.6(high)
EG Risk
30(Track)
EG Risk 30/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity66% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
29%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 8, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Improper Input Handling in Okta Access Gateway Management Console Exception Handler CVE-2026-78550 - Sep 8, 2026

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-handling-in-okta-access-gateway-management-console-exception-handler-cve-2026-78550

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78550(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 08:53 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 08:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 07:05 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 05:16 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-17 05:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-16 03:27 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-16 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-15 01:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-13 23:49 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-13 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-12 22:01 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-12 22:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-11 20:12 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-11 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-10 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-10 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-10 18:00 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-10 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-09 23:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-08 21:35 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-08 21:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-08 20:32 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-08 20:15 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-08 20:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78550?
CVE-2026-78550 is a medium vulnerability published on September 8, 2026. The Okta Access Gateway management console passes user-supplied input to eval() without sanitization during an authenticated administrator SSH session. As a result, the unsanitized input is executed directly, leading to code execution with the privileges of the management console.
When was CVE-2026-78550 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78550 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 8, 2026, with the most recent update on September 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78550 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78550 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 70.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78550?
CVE-2026-78550 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78550?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78550, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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