CVE-2026-46449

Medium

Description

The Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) before 7.4 for macOS is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability within the wapptunneld component. The vulnerability is caused by a lack of input validation when the service uses network interface names to execute system utilities, resulting in command injection. An unprivileged local user with permissions to modify network interface names can exploit this by renaming a network interface to include a malicious shell payload via System Settings. When the "Log out from your IdP" action is subsequently triggered, the wapptunneld service processes the poisoned interface name, leading to the execution of arbitrary commands with root privileges.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.7
Exploit probability—
ProductGuardicore Platform Agent
PublishedOct 14, 2026
First seenOct 14, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent7.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Akamai Guardicore Platform Agentv < 7.47.4

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