Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2026
CVE-2026-82518
CVE-2026-82518
Description
Akamai CLI before 2.0.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows malicious packages to write files outside the install directory via unvalidated commands[].name values in cli.json. Attackers who convince victims to install or update a package can use '..' segments to overwrite executables on the user's PATH, persisting after uninstall.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/39f1c49ff74099b675e2576171390003nvd
- github.com/akamai/cli/blob/cae602db7ed79a173763da03a31614e8b60275ca/pkg/commands/subcommands.gonvd
- github.com/akamai/cli/blob/cae602db7ed79a173763da03a31614e8b60275ca/pkg/packages/golang.gonvd
- github.com/akamai/cli/commit/03cf2e4d7db3680ee8230aa399697d74b0ec5244nvd
- github.com/akamai/cli/pull/227nvd
- github.com/akamai/cli/releases/tag/v2.0.6nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/akamai-cli-before-2.0.6-path-traversal-via-cli-json-command-namesnvd
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