Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432

We continue to monitor our systems and track upstream OS providers’ security releases; as of November 9, 2026, the majority of upstream vendors have provided updated kernel packages that include fixes for this vulnerability, and we recommend customers apply those updates to their Linodes. Customers using the Linode provided kernel are likewise advised to deploy the latest version as indicated on our kernels page. By applying IPv4 network rules to both public and VPC interfaces, we have already eliminated the immediate remote attack vector, addressing the root vulnerability rather than just the MPTCP exploit. We remain committed to improving our systems and reducing the risk of similar issues in the future.

Posted Nov 09, 2026 - 21:23 UTC

While we continue to deploy kernel patches across our infrastructure, we have also deployed network rules that drop IPv4 packets with optional headers on public and VPC interfaces. This eliminates the immediate remote attack vector and protects our infrastructure as well as customer workloads without impacting performance or functionality, and notably is not limited to only focusing on the MPTCP exploit, but the underlying vulnerability. We continue to track upstream OS provider security releases and will make updated distributions available to customers as they are released. Customers using the Linode provided kernel are likewise advised to deploy the latest version when it becomes available as well.

Posted Nov 02, 2026 - 10:55 UTC

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

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

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