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CVE-2026-50217: Guardicore Platform Agent 0 to before 7.4

CVE-2026-50217. CVSS 3.1 base score 4.7 (MEDIUM, Vendor/CNA).

Affected technology

Guardicore Platform Agent · 0 to before 7.4
Akamai

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

The source says 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. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 4.7/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high.

Published 14-Oct-2026 07:00 UTC

CWE: CWE-416
CCR priority: 18.8 /100 (P5)
CVSS 3.1: 4.7 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Vendor/CNA
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 07:00:17.606211+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-50217.html