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GHSA-8PGC-2J25-RWG6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-25 06:30 – Updated: 2025-07-25 06:30

Details

Akamai Rate Control alpha before 2025 allows attackers to send requests above the stipulated thresholds because the rate is measured separately for each edge node.

Severity ?

3.7 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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CVE-2025-54568 (GCVE-0-2025-54568)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-25 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-25 13:20 Exclusively Hosted Service

Summary

Akamai Rate Control alpha before 2025 allows attackers to send requests above the stipulated thresholds because the rate is measured separately for each edge node.

Severity ?

3.7 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE

CWE-684 - Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/geo-chen/Akamai/blob/main/Edge…
	http://techdocs.akamai.com/app-api-protector/docs…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Akamai	Rate Control	Affected: alpha , < 2025 (custom)

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GHSA-8PGC-2J25-RWG6

CVE-2025-54568 (GCVE-0-2025-54568)

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