The Okta Access Gateway improperly handles input sanitization and regular expression evaluation within its Protected Rule authorization check, resulting in an authorization bypass when an administrator has explicitly configured a Protected Rule policy on one or more application resources.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
High
Admin privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
High
Complete data leak
Integrity
High
Complete data modification
Availability
None
No disruption
CVSS Vector v3.1
Weakness Type (CWE)
Vulnerable Products 1
| Configuration | From (including) | Up to (excluding) |
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Okta Access_Gateway
cpe:2.3:a:okta:access_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2026.9.1
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