HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via send_file()
28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.1epss 1.4%
exploitation probability
1.4%top 30% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products
OALDERS · HTTP::DaemonReferences
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36187https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36188https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:36189https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8450https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481773https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/commit/945d35141d94490f749640bd4390acd6a2193995.patchhttps://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/pull/89https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00028.htmlhttps://metacpan.org/release/OALDERS/HTTP-Daemon-6.17/changeshttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-8450.jsonhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/5