CVE-2025-54142 – Akamai Ghost HTTP Request Smuggling

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-54142 vulnerability over time.

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impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-444
    Added Reference https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000W51m8CAB
    Added Reference https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/advisory-cve-2025-54142-http-request-smuggling-via-options-body
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