Administrator code execution via unsanitized eval input
Published Sep 8, 2026 · Updated Sep 10, 2026
Eval injection in Okta Access Gateway before 2026.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through the management console. Its exception handler passes user-supplied input directly to eval() without sanitization, so the console interprets the input as code. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator SSH session, and the code runs with the management console's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Eval injection in Okta Access Gateway before 2026.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute code through the management console. Its exception handler passes user-supplied input directly to eval() without sanitization, so the console interprets the input as code. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator SSH session, and the code runs with the management console's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-78550
- Published
- Sep 8, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Okta
- Product
- Okta Access Gateway
- Classifications
- CWE-95, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2026.9.1
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