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title: "CVE-2026-50218: Akamai GPA - Authentication Bypass"
description: "Akamai GPA (Guardicore Platform Agent) client < 7.4 contains a broken authentication caused by improper validation of JWT tokens used for seeding, letting attackers inject arbitrary parameters and fully compromise the client, exploit requires user interaction with a malicious link or knowledge of the IDP URL."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-50218/
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# CVE-2026-50218 Akamai GPA - Authentication Bypass

Akamai GPA (Guardicore Platform Agent) client < 7.4 contains a broken authentication caused by improper validation of JWT tokens used for seeding, letting attackers inject arbitrary parameters and fully compromise the client, exploit requires user interaction with a malicious link or knowledge of the IDP URL.

CVSS base score 8.5 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50218)

## Details

Type

Authentication Bypass

Impact

Broken Authentication

CVSS vector

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

Published

14 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-99](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/99.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 7.4 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50218](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50218)
- [https://techdocs.akamai.com/guardicore-platform-agent/changelog/](https://techdocs.akamai.com/guardicore-platform-agent/changelog/)
- [https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/security-advisories/guardicore-platform-agent-7-4](https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/security-advisories/guardicore-platform-agent-7-4)

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