What is GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv?

GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. A use-after-free exists in the Windows WFP packet-capture driver shipped with Akamai Guardicore...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv cover?

GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-50215. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv?

GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wvMediumCVSS 4.4

A use-after-free exists in the Windows WFP packet-capture driver shipped with Akamai Guardicore...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 14, 2026

Last Modified

October 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-50215 →

📋 Description

A use-after-free exists in the Windows WFP packet-capture driver shipped with Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent (GPA) before 7.4. When an IPv6 proxy/redirect rule is active, a local attacker with Administrator privileges can send a single crafted outbound IPv6 packet via a raw IPV6_HDRINCL socket to trigger this at DISPATCH_LEVEL, resulting in an immediate system crash.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50215
https://techdocs.akamai.com/guardicore-platform-agent/changelog
https://www.akamai.com/newsroom/security-advisories/guardicore-platform-agent-7-4
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q8wq-wq6x-g2wv