Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40683
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Akamai EAA (Enterprise Application Access) Client before 2.3.1, 2.4.x before 2.4.1, and 2.5.x before 2.5.3, an unquoted path may allow an attacker to hijack the flow of execution.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access x_refsource_MISC
- https://akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability x_refsource_CONFIRM