What is CVE-2026-50215?

CVE-2026-50215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-10-14.

How severe is CVE-2026-50215?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Use After Free in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent

CVE-2026-50215

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.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2026-10-14 · last modified 2026-10-14.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-50215?: CVE-2026-50215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-10-14.
How severe is CVE-2026-50215?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.