CVE-2025-54142

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.

CVSS 3.1

4.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 18% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-444

Published

2025-08-29

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://community.akamai.com/customers/s/feed/0D5a700000W51m8CAB
• https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/advisory-cve-2025-54142-http-request-smuggling-via-options-body

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