Rate Control Vulnerability in Akamai Edge Services
CVE-2025-54568

3.7LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

Akamai

Vendor
CVE Published:
25 July 2025

What is CVE-2025-54568?

Akamai Rate Control alpha prior to 2025 is susceptible to an improper rate measurement issue, allowing attackers to exceed request thresholds by sending excessive requests, as the rate limits are calculated individually for each edge node. This misconfiguration may lead to potential abuse and disrupt normal application functions, posing significant risks to system integrity and availability.

Affected Version(s)

Rate Control alpha < 2025

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.7
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-54568 : Rate Control Vulnerability in Akamai Edge Services