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Okta Fixes Auth0 and Access Gateway Flaws Enabling XSS, Auth Bypass, and SQL Injection
Okta patched three flaws in Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector and Access Gateway, including a CVSS 9.0 stored XSS tracked as CVE-2026-85982.
Okta disclosed and patched three vulnerabilities on September 8, 2026 affecting the Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector and Okta Access Gateway. CVE-2026-85982 is a CVSS 9.0 stored XSS in the connector's admin panel caused by improper HTML encoding of directory search results and updater logs; CVE-2026-78626 is a CVSS 8.1 authorization bypass in Access Gateway Protected Rules; CVE-2026-78623 is a CVSS 7.7 SQL injection in advanced-mode datastores via unsanitized SAML assertion attributes. Fixes ship in connector version 8.0.0 and Access Gateway 2026.9.1; no exploitation has been reported.
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Okta Patches Auth0 and Access Gateway Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Enable XSS, Authentication Bypass and SQL Injection
Okta patches three high-severity flaws in Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector and Access Gateway: stored XSS, auth bypass, SQL injection.
Okta disclosed on September 8, 2026 three vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-85982, a CVSS 9.0 stored XSS in Auth0 AD/LDAP Connector before 8.0.0; CVE-2026-78626, a CVSS 8.1 Protected Rule authorization bypass in Access Gateway before 2026.9.1; and CVE-2026-78623, a CVSS 7.7 SQL injection in Access Gateway advanced-mode datastores. Exploitation requires authenticated access and specific configurations. Fixes require upgrading the connector to 8.0.0+ and Access Gateway to 2026.9.1+.
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