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.
History

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Okta
Okta okta Privileged Access Client
Vendors & Products Okta
Okta okta Privileged Access Client

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Improper Validation of SSH Target in Okta Privileged Access Client
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Okta

Published: 2026-08-25T20:07:20.216Z

Updated: 2026-08-26T19:46:42.424Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T20:46:14.393Z

Link: CVE-2026-77585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-26T19:46:36.291Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-08-25T20:17:06.477

Modified: 2026-08-28T19:46:29.323

Link: CVE-2026-77585

cve-icon Redhat

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