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GHSA-CQ5Q-38RC-VWRJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-29 03:30 – Updated: 2025-08-29 03:30

Details

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.

Severity ?

4.0 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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  "modified": "2025-08-29T03:30:50Z",
  "published": "2025-08-29T03:30:50Z",
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CVE-2025-54142 (GCVE-0-2025-54142)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-08-29 14:27

Summary

Severity ?

4 (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')

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5…
	https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/adv…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Akamai	AkamaiGhost	Affected: 0 , < 2025-07-21 (custom)

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CQ5Q-38RC-VWRJ

CVE-2025-54142 (GCVE-0-2025-54142)

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