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Linode (Akamai)
Cloud, identity and critical software · PA (headquarters)
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Public findings
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Provider status posts on record
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Cyber and operational findings
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Provider status posts
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- Customer Security Advisory: OpenSSH Password Authentication Bypass VulnerabilityNov 5 17:40 UTC · resolvedSign-in disruption
- Nov 5 17:40 UTC resolved: Akamai is aware of the <a href="https://sshhole.com">password authentication bypass vulnerability</a> affecting certain Linux systems using <a href="https://www.openwall.com/lists/musl/2026/11/05/4">musl libc</a> that was recently mitigated by an <a...
- Emerging Host IssueNov 5 12:58 UTC · resolved · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reported
- Nov 5 12:58 UTC investigating: We are currently investigating issues affecting Linode migrations and booting for some hosts across all regions. Our team is actively working on a resolution. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
- Nov 5 14:03 UTC identified: The issue affecting Linode migrations and booting for some hosts across all regions has been identified and a fix is being implemented. We will continue to share updates as more information becomes available.
- Nov 5 17:23 UTC resolved: We have implemented a fix, and after a period of monitoring, we can confirm that this incident is resolved as of 14:09 UTC on November 5, 2026. If you are still experiencing additional issues, please <a href="https://cloud.linode.com/support/tickets">open a Support ticket</a>...
- Connectivity Issue - FR-PAR-2 (Paris 2)Nov 2 18:03 UTC · resolved · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reported
- Nov 2 18:03 UTC investigating: Our team is investigating an issue affecting connectivity in our FR-PAR-2 data center. During this time, users may experience intermittent connection timeouts and errors for all services deployed in this data center. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
- Nov 2 18:18 UTC investigating: We are continuing to investigate the issue.
- Nov 2 20:53 UTC resolved: We haven’t observed any additional connectivity issues in our FR-PAR-2 data center, and will now consider this incident resolved. If you continue to experience problems, please <a href="https://cloud.linode.com/support/tickets">open a Support ticket</a> for assistance.
- Connectivity Issue - IN-MAA and IN-BOM-2Nov 1 16:40 UTC · resolvedInvestigation mentionedRestoration reported
- Nov 1 16:40 UTC investigating: Our team is investigating an issue affecting connectivity in our IN-MAA (Chennai) and IN-BOM-2 (Mumbai 2) data centers. During this time, users may experience intermittent connection timeouts and errors for all services deployed in this data center. We will share additional...
- Nov 1 17:23 UTC monitoring: A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- Nov 1 19:52 UTC resolved: This incident has been resolved.
- Customer Security Advisory: CVE-2026-98432Oct 30 18:10 UTC · investigatingInvestigation mentioned
- Oct 30 18:10 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...
- Oct 30 21:18 UTC investigating: 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.
- Oct 31 01:55 UTC investigating: 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...
- Nov 2 10:55 UTC investigating: 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...
- Service Issue - Block Storage (BR-GRU)Oct 28 20:17 UTC · monitoringInvestigation mentioned
- Oct 28 20:17 UTC investigating: Our team is investigating an issue affecting the Block Storage service in our BR-GRU (São Paulo) data center. During this time, Block Storage volume creation, deletion and cloning may fail. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
- Oct 28 20:18 UTC monitoring: A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- Connectivity Issue between ID-CGK (Jakarta) and SG-SIN-2 (Singapore 2)Oct 25 13:54 UTC · monitoring · minor impactInvestigation mentioned
- Oct 25 13:54 UTC investigating: Our team is investigating an issue affecting connectivity between our ID-CGK (Jakarta) and SG-SIN-2 (Singapore 2) data centers. During this time, users may experience intermittent connection timeouts and errors for all services deployed in this data center. We will share...
- Oct 25 14:52 UTC investigating: We are continuing to investigate this issue. We will share additional updates as we have more information.
- Oct 25 16:12 UTC monitoring: At this time, we have been able to correct the issues affecting connectivity between our ID-CGK (Jakarta) and SG-SIN-2 (Singapore 2) data centers. We will be monitoring this to ensure that it remains stable. If you are still experiencing issues, please <a...
- Oct 25 16:13 UTC monitoring: We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- Oct 29 09:16 UTC monitoring: We will continue to monitor to ensure that the impact has been fully mitigated. Further updates will be provided as we make progress.
- Connectivity Issue - Dallas Data Center (IPv6 Traffic to Google)Oct 23 09:21 UTC · resolvedInvestigation mentionedRestoration reported
- Oct 23 09:21 UTC investigating: Our team is currently investigating a connectivity issue in our Dallas data center. This is strictly affecting traffic routed via IPv6 to Google and its associated products, which may cause intermittent connection timeouts. We will post further updates as soon as more...
- Oct 23 16:32 UTC monitoring: This was identified to be an upstream issue and should be resolved at this time, we will continue to monitor to ensure things remain stable.
- Oct 23 20:38 UTC resolved: This issue is considered resolved.
- Customer Security Advisory: Critical F5/NGINX Out-of-Band VulnerabilitiesOct 22 20:08 UTC · investigatingInvestigation mentioned
- Oct 22 20:08 UTC investigating: Akamai is aware of the recently published F5/NGINX vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-15176, CVE-2026-97205, and CVE-2026-93479), and our teams are actively investigating their potential impact across our platform and infrastructure. F5 has released out-of-band security patches...
- Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes EngineOct 22 13:58 UTC · postmortemInvestigation mentionedRestoration reported
- Oct 22 13:58 UTC resolved: Our team identified an issue affecting the Linode Kubernetes Engine (LKE). During the impact timeframe (~11:10-12:50 UTC), new worker nodes were unable to provision. We have been able to correct the issues affecting the LKE service and will now consider this incident resolved....
- Oct 22 16:00 UTC postmortem: On October 22, 2026, starting around 11:10 UTC, a new Debian Kubernetes image was made available. The metadata for that image included malformed data, which resulted in Linode provisioning failures on LKE clusters due to validation errors. Akamai immediately began investigating...
- Customer Security Advisory: PHP Remote Code Execution VulnerabilitiesOct 21 14:44 UTC · postmortemService taken offlineService restricted or degradedInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Issue in creating new LKE Enterprise cluster across regionsOct 20 12:29 UTC · postmortem · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Connectivity Issue - US-ORDOct 19 14:49 UTC · postmortemService taken offlineInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- (PwnEscape) Guest-to-Host KVM Escape [CVE-2026-99999]Oct 15 17:27 UTC · resolvedInvestigation mentionedView on the provider's status page
- Maintenance - Akamai Cloud Login ServiceOct 15 17:15 UTC · resolved · maintenance impactService taken offlineSign-in disruptionRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - Cloud Manager and APIOct 9 03:43 UTC · resolved · minor impactSign-in disruptionRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - Object Storage - US-Southeast (Atlanta)Oct 2 16:01 UTC · resolved · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - Cloud Manager and APISep 25 15:09 UTC · resolved · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Emerging Service Issue - Cloud Manager and APISep 21 17:13 UTC · resolved · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Emerging Service Issue - [DNS] - [eu-west]Sep 21 16:50 UTC · postmortemService restricted or degradedInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - Cloud Manager and APISep 7 10:38 UTC · postmortem · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - US-SEA (Seattle, WA)Aug 28 10:26 UTC · postmortemService taken offlineInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - Object Storage - US-SEAAug 24 21:52 UTC · resolvedInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Service Issue - US-SEA (Seattle, WA)Aug 21 17:23 UTC · postmortemService taken offlineInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page
- Connectivity Issue - IT-MIL (Milan) data centerAug 14 20:13 UTC · postmortem · minor impactInvestigation mentionedRestoration reportedView on the provider's status page