What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-32094?

CVE-2025-32094 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Akamai Ghost are affected by CVE-2025-32094?

CVE-2025-32094 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 4.0. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-32094?

During next maintenance window: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches when convenient. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Akamai Ghost CVE-2025-32094

MEDIUM

HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444)

2025-08-07 cve@mitre.org

Request Smuggling Information Disclosure

4.0

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.0 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:05 vuln.today

CVE Published

Aug 07, 2025 - 05:15 nvd

MEDIUM 4.0

DescriptionCVE.org

An issue was discovered in Akamai Ghost, as used for the Akamai CDN platform before 2025-03-26. Under certain circumstances, a client making an HTTP/1.x OPTIONS request with an "Expect: 100-continue" header, and using obsolete line folding, can lead to a discrepancy in how two in-path Akamai servers interpret the request, allowing an attacker to smuggle a second request in the original request body.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in Akamai Ghost, as used for the Akamai CDN platform before 2025-03-26. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as HTTP Request/Response Smuggling (CWE-444), which allows attackers to manipulate HTTP request interpretation between frontend and backend servers. An issue was discovered in Akamai Ghost, as used for the Akamai CDN platform before 2025-03-26. Under certain circumstances, a client making an HTTP/1.x OPTIONS request with an "Expect: 100-continue" header, and using obsolete line folding, can lead to a discrepancy in how two in-path Akamai servers interpret the request, allowing an attacker to smuggle a second request in the original request body. Version information: before 2025.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Enforce strict HTTP parsing, normalize requests at proxy layer, use HTTP/2 end-to-end, reject ambiguous headers.