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.
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History
14 Oct 2026, 05:16
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Information
Published : 2026-10-14 05:16
Updated : 2026-10-16 19:55
NVD link : CVE-2026-46449
Mitre link : CVE-2026-46449
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46449
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Products Affected
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CWE
CWE-78
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
