CVE-2026-46449 Command injection in Guardicore Platform Agent
Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by injecting shell commands via malicious network interface names in the Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-46449?
CVE-2026-46449 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, published on 14 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46449?
How do I fix CVE-2026-46449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-46449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-46449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fg3c-hmr6-8f64.