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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-85978

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Policy Manager console of Akana API Platform.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.88%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Policy Manager console of Akana API Platform. A path normalization discrepancy between the authentication filter and the servlet dispatcher allows a crafted request to bypass authentication and reach an endpoint that evaluates attacker-supplied script code without sandboxing, resulting in arbitrary code execution. Exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction.

CVSS 4.0
10.0 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.88% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-41, CWE-94, CWE-863
Source
security@puppet.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.