CVE-2025-54142 (GCVE-0-2025-54142)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-29 00:00
Modified
2025-08-29 14:27
Severity ?
4.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Summary
Akamai Ghost before 2025-07-21 allows HTTP Request Smuggling via an OPTIONS request that has an entity body, because there can be a subsequent request within the persistent connection between an Akamai proxy server and an origin server, if the origin server violates certain Internet standards.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000W51m8CAB
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/advisory-cve-2025-54142-http-request-smuggling-via-options-body
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Akamai AkamaiGhost Version: 0   < 2025-07-21
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