Vulnerability · Published Oct 14, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-50215
Medium 4.4
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free in Guardicore Platform Agent from Akamai. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Akamai | Guardicore Platform Agent | 0 – before 7.4 |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H