Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent WFP driver use-after-free
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A use-after-free in the Windows WFP packet-capture driver shipped with Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) before 7.4 (CWE-416). When an IPv6 proxy/redirect rule is active, a local attacker with Administrator privileges can send one crafted outbound IPv6 packet through a raw IPV6_HDRINCL socket, triggering the flaw at DISPATCH_LEVEL and crashing the system immediately. CVSS 3.1 base score 4.4 (MEDIUM).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
A use-after-free exists in the Windows WFP packet-capture driver shipped with Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) before 7.4. When an IPv6 proxy/redirect rule is active, a local attacker with Administrator privileges can send a single crafted outbound IPv6 packet via a raw IPV6_HDRINCL socket to trigger this at DISPATCH_LEVEL, resulting in an immediate system crash.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) to version 7.4 or later, which fixes the issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Guardicore Platform Agent (Akamai) Fixed in 7.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent 7.4
5 records Highest priority Priority LOW 5 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-73755 Guardicore Platform Agent JWT flaw enables resource injectionPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-73751 Command injection in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent for macOSPriority LOW 35
- TI-2026-73753 Integer underflow in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent DNS proxyPriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-50215
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Akamai vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31529 Akamai CloudTest before 60 2025.06.02 (12988) allows file inclusion via XML External Entity (XXE) injection. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
- TI-2008-01698 CRLF injection vulnerability in Akamai Download Manager ActiveX control before 2.2.3.6… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2019-08229 Akamai CloudTest before 58.30 allows remote code execution. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-13582 Enterprise Access Client Auto-Updater allows for Remote Code Execution prior to version 2.0.1. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08233 Akamai NetSession 1.9.3.1 is vulnerable to DLL Hijacking: it tries to load CSUNSAPI.dll… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-73755 Guardicore Platform Agent JWT flaw enables resource injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-50215 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-50215 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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