CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-40683
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-428
Description
In Akamai EAA (Enterprise Application Access) Client before 2.3.1, 2.4.x before 2.4.1, and 2.5.x before 2.5.3, an unquoted path may allow an attacker to hijack the flow of execution.
Affected configurations
• akamai enterprise application access (< 2.3.1)
• akamai enterprise application access (>= 2.4.0 < 2.4.1)
• akamai enterprise application access (>= 2.5.0 < 2.5.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-428 Unquoted Search Path or Element weakness
References
- https://akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access Product, Vendor Advisory