Akamai Ghost on Akamai CDN edge servers before 2026-02-06 mishandles processing of custom hop-by-hop HTTP headers, where an incoming request containing the header "Connection: Transfer-Encoding" could result in a forward request with invalid message framing, depending on the Akamai processing path. This could result in the origin server parsing the request body incorrectly, leading to HTTP request smuggling.
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Mon, 23 Feb 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Akamai
Akamai ghost
Vendors & Products Akamai
Akamai ghost

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description Akamai Ghost on Akamai CDN edge servers before 2026-02-06 mishandles processing of custom hop-by-hop HTTP headers, where an incoming request containing the header "Connection: Transfer-Encoding" could result in a forward request with invalid message framing, depending on the Akamai processing path. This could result in the origin server parsing the request body incorrectly, leading to HTTP request smuggling.
Weaknesses CWE-444
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-23T20:58:59.805Z

Reserved: 2026-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-26365

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-23T20:58:52.828Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-23T09:17:01.210

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:13:53.397

Link: CVE-2026-26365

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-23T14:28:35Z

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