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.
References2
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.0
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 19 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-444
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