CVE-2025-32094 Other in AkamaiGhost

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Attackers can smuggle requests via HTTP/1.x header discrepancies in Akamai Ghost, bypassing security controls on the CDN platform.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-32094?

CVE-2025-32094 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AkamaiGhost, published on 7 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-444

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-32094?

How do I fix CVE-2025-32094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-32094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-32094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-32094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mhw9-v228-5c8f.

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