CVE-2026-77585: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in Okta Okta Privileged Access Client
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.
CVE-2026-77585: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') in Okta Okta Privileged Access Client
Description
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Okta
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-20T20:46:14.393Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a8df9edacd9273b49ac741f
Added to database: 08/25/2026, 20:24:13 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 21:37:32 UTC
Views: 6
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