CVE-2026-78635Improper Input Validation in the Okta Privileged Access SSH Client URL Handler Argument
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.20%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 90% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Okta Privileged Access client URL handler does not insert an option terminator before appending the target value to the command-line arguments. When a scaleft:// protocol handler link contains a value beginning with a hyphen, the underlying CLI framework interprets it as a command-line flag, causing unintended modification of the SSH client's behavior.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Okta
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| OktaCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
Okta · Okta Privileged Access Client
- affected 1.18.0 – < 1.113.0
What to do
Solution: Upgrade the Okta Privileged Access client to version 1.113.0.
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-74179 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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