CVE-2026-82518: high-severity vulnerability in Akamai CLI
Akamai CLI before 2.0.6 Path Traversal via cli.json Command Names
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41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.1epss 0.3%
Akamai CLI before 2.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows malicious packages to write files outside the install directory via unvalidated commands[].name values in cli.json. Attackers who convince victims to install or update a package can use '..' segments to overwrite executables on the user's PATH, persisting after uninstall.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Akamai · Akamai CLIpublic PoCs found — 1
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References
https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/39f1c49ff74099b675e2576171390003https://github.com/akamai/cli/blob/cae602db7ed79a173763da03a31614e8b60275ca/pkg/commands/subcommands.go#L155https://github.com/akamai/cli/blob/cae602db7ed79a173763da03a31614e8b60275ca/pkg/packages/golang.go#L75-L78https://github.com/akamai/cli/commit/03cf2e4d7db3680ee8230aa399697d74b0ec5244https://github.com/akamai/cli/pull/227https://github.com/akamai/cli/releases/tag/v2.0.6https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/akamai-cli-before-2.0.6-path-traversal-via-cli-json-command-names