CVE-2025-54568Network attack vector

Rate-limit bypass via edge-node rotation

Published Jul 25, 2025 · Updated Jul 25, 2025

Rate-limit bypass in Akamai Rate Control alpha before 2025 allows remote attackers to exceed configured request thresholds. Rate Control stores threshold state separately at each edge node instead of aggregating it globally, so rotating requests among Akamai edge servers resets the effective accounting boundary. No authentication or user interaction is required; exploitation depends on reaching multiple edge nodes and can degrade the protected origin's availability with excess traffic.

CVSS severity3.7
Low
EPSS probability0.33%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Rate-limit bypass in Akamai Rate Control alpha before 2025 allows remote attackers to exceed configured request thresholds. Rate Control stores threshold state separately at each edge node instead of aggregating it globally, so rotating requests among Akamai edge servers resets the effective accounting boundary. No authentication or user interaction is required; exploitation depends on reaching multiple edge nodes and can degrade the protected origin's availability with excess traffic.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-54568
Published
Jul 25, 2025
Updated
Jul 25, 2025
Vendor
Unknown vendor
Product
Unknown product
Classifications
CWE-684, T1499.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

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Published CVSS scores

3.7MITRECVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-684Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality
T1499.002Service Exhaustion Flood

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