CVE-2026-77585

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2026-08-25
Modified: 2026-08-28
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-validation-ssh-target-in-okta-privileged-access-client-cve-2026-77585

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