Medium severity · published Oct 14, 2026
CVE-2026-50217
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows WFP callout driver of Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) allows a local low-privileged user to cause a denial of service (system…
4.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability in the Windows WFP callout driver of Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) allows a local low-privileged user to cause a denial of service (system crash / BSOD) via an outbound ICMPv6 packet containing an IPv6 Hop-by-Hop extension header. When the IPv6 ICMP redirect policy is active, the packet is copied into a buffer that is freed but subsequently passed to a downstream filter. The size of the freed allocation is attacker-controlled (via packet length), enabling kernel pool grooming. Exploitation requires that the non-default IPv6 ICMP capture/redirect policy is enabled for the endpoint.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% 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-2026-50217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50217
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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