What is CVE-2025-53841?

CVE-2025-53841 is a high-severity vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-53841?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent

CVE-2025-53841

The GC-AGENTS-SERVICE running as part of Akamai´s Guardicore Platform Agent for Windows versions prior to v49.20.1, v50.15.0, v51.12.0, v52.2.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The service will attempt to read an…

EPSS: 0.000 (9.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent — versions 0, 51, 52

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-829 — Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-53841?: CVE-2025-53841 is a high-severity vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, classified under Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-53841?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.