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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00048.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://techdocs.akamai.com/app-api-protector/docs/improved-rate-accounting cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/geo-chen/Akamai/blob/main/Edge%20Hopping.md cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Weaknesses CWE-684
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-25T13:20:59.016Z

Reserved: 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-54568

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-25T13:20:56.551Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-25T04:16:13.880

Modified: 2025-07-25T15:29:19.837

Link: CVE-2025-54568

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