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CVE-2026-8450· NVD / CVE Program· CNA CPANSec

HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via send_file()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 37/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 85.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: perl-HTTP-Daemon (AlmaLinux:10) 6.16-7.el10_2.1; perl-HTTP-Daemon (AlmaLinux:8) 6.01-24.el8_10; perl-HTTP-Daemon (AlmaLinux:9) 6.12-6.el9_8.1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to perl-HTTP-Daemon (AlmaLinux:10) 6.16-7.el10_2.1; perl-HTTP-Daemon (AlmaLinux:8) 6.01-24.el8_10; perl-HTTP-Daemon (AlmaLinux:9) 6.12-6.el9_8.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via send_file(). send_file() opens its string argument with Perl's 2-arg open(). The 2-arg form interprets magic prefixes: '| cmd' and 'cmd |' open a pipe to a subprocess, '> path' and '>> path' open the path for write or append. Untrusted input passed to send_file() can run OS commands at the daemon process UID. The read-pipe form ('cmd |') also leaks subprocess stdout into the HTTP response body. The write-mode forms can create or truncate files at attacker chosen paths.

CriticalCVSS 9.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 27, 2026
Updated
Jul 23, 2026
EPSS
2.6% · 85th percentile

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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
enterprise linux10.2
enterprise linux8
enterprise linux9
enterprise linux7

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (CPANSec). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • OALDERS HTTP::Daemon

    • before 6.17affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:10perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.16-7.el10_2.16.16-7.el10_2.1
AlmaLinux:8perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.01-24.el8_106.01-24.el8_10
AlmaLinux:9perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.12-6.el9_8.16.12-6.el9_8.1
Debian:12libhttp-daemon-perlbefore 6.16-1+deb13u1~deb12u16.16-1+deb13u1~deb12u1
Debian:13libhttp-daemon-perlbefore 6.16-1+deb13u16.16-1+deb13u1
Debian:14libhttp-daemon-perlbefore 6.17-16.17-1
openSUSE:Leap 16.0perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.16-160000.3.16.16-160000.3.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweedperl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.170.0-1.16.170.0-1.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.2perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 0:6.16-7.el10_2.10:6.16-7.el10_2.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbperl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 0:6.01-24.el8_100:6.01-24.el8_10
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbperl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 0:6.12-6.el9_8.10:6.12-6.el9_8.1
Rocky Linux:10perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 0:6.16-7.el10_2.10:6.16-7.el10_2.1
Rocky Linux:8perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 0:6.01-24.el8_100:6.01-24.el8_10
Rocky Linux:9perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 0:6.12-6.el9_8.10:6.12-6.el9_8.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.01-150000.3.8.16.01-150000.3.8.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSSperl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.01-9.8.16.01-9.8.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0perl-HTTP-Daemonbefore 6.16-160000.3.16.16-160000.3.1

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
almalinux:perl-HTTP-Daemon6.12-6.el9_8.1 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
debian:libhttp-daemon-perl6.16-1+deb13u1~deb12u1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:perl-HTTP-Daemon6.170.0-1.1 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:perl-HTTP-Daemon0:6.12-6.el9_8.1 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crbPackage registry (OSV)
rocky linux:perl-HTTP-Daemon0:6.12-6.el9_8.1 · Rocky Linux:9Package registry (OSV)
suse:perl-HTTP-Daemon6.16-160000.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 16.0Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-73 · External Control of File Name or Path

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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