Vulnerability · Published Aug 29, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-54142
Medium 4.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in AkamaiGhost from Akamai. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Akamai | AkamaiGhost | 0 – before 2025-07-21 |
Weakness: CWE-444 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N