Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4600

A request smuggling vulnerability existed in the Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer due to improper handling of chunked-encoded HTTP requests.

Published May 16, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 8, 2025 · Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4600. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.20%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer 0

A request smuggling vulnerability existed in the Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer due to improper handling of chunked-encoded HTTP requests. This allowed attackers to craft requests that could be misinterpreted by backend servers. The issue was fixed by disallowing stray data after a chunk, and is no longer exploitable. No action is required as Classic Application Load Balancer service after 2025-04-26 is not vulnerable.

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  • vendor Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer 00

How to fix CVE-2025-4600

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4600. EPSS is 0.20%. Act only if a listed version of Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer 0 0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.20%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 16, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A request smuggling vulnerability existed in the Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer due to improper handling of chunked-encoded HTTP requests. This allowed attackers to craft requests that could be misinterpreted by backend servers. The issue was fixed by disallowing stray data after a chunk, and is no longer exploitable. No action is required as Classic Application Load Balancer servi

  2. Sep 8, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A request smuggling vulnerability existed in the Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer due to improper handling of chunked-encoded HTTP requests. This allowed attackers to craft requests that could be misinterpreted by backend servers. The issue was fixed by disallowing stray data after a chunk, and is no longer exploitable. No action is required as Classic Application Load Balancer servi

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4600

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-4600

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-15449

    A request smuggling vulnerability existed in the Google Cloud Classic Application Load Balancer due to improper handling of chunked-encoded HTTP requests. This allowed attackers to craft requests that could be misinterpreted by backend servers. The issue was fixed by disallowing

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.