Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent up to 7.3 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent up to 7.3. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-50218. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent up to 7.3 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Akamai GPA (Guardicore Platform Agent) client on all platforms before 7.4 improperly validates JWT tokens used for seeding. By convincing a user to interact with a malicious link, an attacker can use a spoofed JWT token to inject arbitrary parameters into the client software, resulting in unauthorized reconfiguration and full compromise of the application's functionality. This attack can also be targeted against an already seeded client if the attacker knows the URL of the IDP that the client used for enrollment.

The advisory is available at techdocs.akamai.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-50218 since 06/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/14/2026).

Upgrading to version 7.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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CNA Base Score: 8.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Guardicore Platform Agent 7.4

Timelineinfo

06/04/2026 CVE reserved
10/14/2026 +132 days Advisory disclosed
10/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: techdocs.akamai.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-50218 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-50218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-419198

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2026 08:06
Changes: 10/14/2026 08:06 (62)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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