CVE-2026-8500criticalCWE-78

Web::Passwd versions through 0.03 for Perl is vulnerable to RCE

28Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 9.8epss 1.7%

exploitation probability

1.7%top 26% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

Web::Passwd versions through 0.03 for Perl is vulnerable to RCE. Web::Passwd is a small CGI application for managing htpasswd files using the htpasswd command. The user parameter is not validated or escaped, and is used as the last argument on the command line, allowing for command injection.

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

Affected products

EVANK · Web::Passwd

References

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/programs/htpasswd.html https://metacpan.org/release/EVANK/Web-Passwd-0.03 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/13/8