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CVE-2026-26365 Detail

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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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://www.akamai.com/blog/security-research/cve-2026-26365-incorrect-processing-connection-transfer-encoding MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-444 Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling') MITRE  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-26365
NVD Published Date:
02/23/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/23/2026
Source:
MITRE