CVE-2021-40683

7.8 HIGH

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...

Published: 2021-10-04 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-428

Affected products

Vendor	Product
akamai	enterprise_application_access

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.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40683
[Vendor advisory]https://akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability
[Vendor advisory]https://www.akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access
[Vendor advisory]https://akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability
[Vendor advisory]https://www.akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access

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