# CVE-2026-50215: Use after free in Guardicore Platform Agent

> A local administrator can crash the Windows system by sending a crafted IPv6 packet when a proxy rule is active in the Akamai Guardicore agent.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 17 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv

## What is CVE-2026-50215?

CVE-2026-50215 is a medium-severity use after free 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-50215?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-50215?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-50215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-50215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-50215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-50215 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-50215 is a medium-severity use after free 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-50215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50215/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50215
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50215
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50215

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-50215/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.