(PwnEscape) Guest-to-Host KVM Escape [CVE-2026-99999]

Minor · Started Oct 15, 2026 · 5:27 PM

Duration

Ongoing
Severity

Minor
Detection lead

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Summary

(PwnEscape) Guest-to-Host KVM Escape [CVE-2026-99999]

Akamai is aware of the recently published Guest-to-Host KVM Escape (CVE-2026-99999) vulnerability. Our teams have proactively identified its potential impact and are actively applying mitigations across our platform and infrastructure. There is potential for customer workload impact as a part of our platform response to this vulnerability. At this time, we have not observed evidence of this vulnerability being actively exploited on our platform. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.

Started

Oct 15, 2026 · 5:27 PM
Status

Identified
Duration

Ongoing
Severity

None

Event timeline

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Identified
Oct 15 · 5:27 PM Linode

Akamai is aware of the recently published Guest-to-Host KVM Escape (CVE-2026-99999) vulnerability. Our teams have proactively identified its potential impact and are actively applying mitigations across our platform and infrastructure. There is potential for customer workload impact as a part of our platform response to this vulnerability. At this time, we have not observed evidence of this vulnerability being actively exploited on our platform. We will provide updates as additional information becomes available.