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CVE-2026-46449

Status: Awaiting AnalysisMedium (6.7)—
Severity6.7Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability1.68 %higher than 77% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

CVSS

Base score
6.7
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.68 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
77
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

Vector AV:L/UI:N con PR:H: escalada local; el nombre de interfaz se inyecta en utilidades del sistema y ejecuta comandos arbitrarios como root.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Execution PreventionThreat Intelligence ProgramRestrict Web-Based ContentPrivileged Account ManagementLimit Software InstallationBehavior Prevention on Endpoint

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Akamai — Guardicore Platform AgentAI

CWEs

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