CVE-2021-40683

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-40683 · Published 04/10/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-40683 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting enterprise application access (akamai).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 37.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.4.1, 2.5.3, 2.3.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
enterprise application access akamai	`≥ 2.4.0, < 2.4.1≥ 2.5.0, < 2.5.3< 2.3.1`	`2.4.12.5.32.3.1`

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.

References

akamai.com/blog/news/eaa-client-escalation-of-privilege-vulnerability · Exploit
akamai.com/products/enterprise-application-access · Product

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