Update
We are in the process of deploying mitigations for the underlying known attack vector while we continue to analyze any other possible impact. Customers are strongly advised to apply OS updates from their upstream provider to their workloads as soon as those become available. At this time, we have no evidence of this vulnerability being exploited on the Akamai Compute platform.
Posted Oct 31, 2026 – 01:55 UTC
Update
We are continuing to investigate this issue. The appropriate subject matter experts are engaged. Subsequent updates around mitigation status will be posted as progress is made.
Posted Oct 30, 2026 – 21:18 UTC
Investigating
Akamai is aware of the recently published remote code execution CVE-2026-98432. We are actively investigating and taking the appropriate mitigation actions, while we continue to monitor our platform in parallel. If you have questions or are experiencing an impact due to this issue, please reach out to us in a ticket at https://cloud.linode.com/support.
Posted Oct 30, 2026 – 18:10 UTC
