Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
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
4.4
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GP
Guardicore Platform Agent · Akamai
before 7.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50215
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50215
techdocs.akamai.com
https://techdocs.akamai.com/guardicore-platform-agent/changelog/
www.akamai.com
https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/security-advisories/guardicore-platform-agent-7-4
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