What is CVE-2026-34354?

CVE-2026-34354 is a high-severity vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-34354?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent

CVE-2026-34354

Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) and Zero Trust Client on Linux and macOS allow TOCTOU-based local privilege escalation. The GPA service creates an IPC socket in the world-writable /tmp directory. It accepts unauthenticated IPC contr…

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.000 (3.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent — versions 7.0
Akamai Zero Trust Client — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-34354?: CVE-2026-34354 is a high-severity vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-34354?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.