CVE-2025-54568 (GCVE-0-2025-54568)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-25 00:00
Modified
2025-07-25 13:20
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
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://techdocs.akamai.com/app-api-protector/docs/improved-rate-accounting
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/geo-chen/Akamai/blob/main/Edge%20Hopping.md
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Akamai Rate Control Version: alpha   < 2025
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