CVE-2025-54568

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

25/07/2025

Last modified:

15/04/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x

3.70

Severity 3.x

LOW

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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