# CVE-2026-78635

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-78635
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
- **CWE:** CWE-88
- **Published:** Sep 8, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Sep 10, 2026

## Description

The Okta Privileged Access client URL handler does not insert an option terminator before appending the target value to the command-line arguments. When a scaleft:// protocol handler link contains a value beginning with a hyphen, the underlying CLI framework interprets it as a command-line flag, causing unintended modification of the SSH client's behavior.

## Affected Products

- Okta — Okta Privileged Access Client (1.18.0)

## References

- [CNA](https://trust.okta.com/security-advisories/improper-input-validation-in-the-okta-privileged-access-ssh-client-url-handler-argument-cve-2026-78635)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.16%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 5.0

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._