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CVE-2026-8450VulnerabilityPublished

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-HTTP-Daemon security update

Affects Red Hat perl-HTTP-DaemonSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-8450· Critical 9.1

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical : upgrade Red Hat HTTP-Daemon to 6.17 as a priority.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026, 13:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.17
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade HTTP::Daemon and HTTP-Daemon to 6.17.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
OALDERSHTTP::DaemonAffected
  • <6.17
Fixed in
  • 6.17
GitHubHTTP-Daemonpkg:github/HTTP-DaemonOther threatsAffected
  • <6.17
Fixed in
  • 6.17

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated perl-HTTP-Daemon packages (version 6.16-7.el10_0.1) for Extended Update Support 10.0 to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified.

Description

A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-8450) exists in the perl-HTTP-Daemon package used by Red Hat products. The flaw allows arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the send_file() function of the HTTP::Daemon class. This class implements HTTP/1.1 servers that listen for incoming requests. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this issue in their Extended Update Support 10.0 versions.

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