Check Point Advisories

HTTP Requests Smuggling (CVE-2024-40725)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2024-1200
Date Published:	7 Jan 2025
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 07 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2024-40725
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	There exists an HTTP requests smuggling vulnerability on different web servers. The vulnerability is due to an input validation error in a web server that does not properly parsing the body of HTTP requests. Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain unauthorized access into the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the HTTP Requests Smuggling protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: HTTP Requests Smuggling