CVE-2025-54142CWE-444

CVE-2025-54142

Medium · published August 29, 2025

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
17.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00266 · 17.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-444 · Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
Published
2025-08-29T05:15Z
References (2)
https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000W51m8CAB · [email protected]https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/advisory-cve-2025-54142-http-request-smuggling-via-options-body · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 AUG 00:00Z
    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…
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