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CVE-2025-66373
Akamai Ghost on Akamai CDN edge servers before 2025-11-17 has a chunked request body processing error that can result in HTTP request smuggling. When Akamai Ghost receives an invalid chunked body that includes a chunk size different from the actual size of the following chunk data, under certain circumstances, Akamai Ghost erroneously forwards the invalid request and subsequent superfluous bytes to the origin server. An attacker could hide a smuggled request in these superfluous bytes. Whether t
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-444","description":"CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":4.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-444","description":"CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_request_smuggling"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"url":"https://www.akamai.com/blog/security/cve-2025-66373-http-request-smuggling-chunked-body-size"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:c527473b49dcc5a0b07fa4d6f872c26b8023b96aee1b1f515e215551d3da1f9b · sha256:48d6f8b4c4eeab81… · /containers/cna/references/1
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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