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CVE-2026-8450VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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, 02:46 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 1 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 that fix this vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder 10 and 10.2 Extended Update Support should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:36189 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update is the recommended remediation. No other mitigation actions are specified or required.

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 through OS command injection in the send_file() function of the HTTP::Daemon class. This class implements HTTP/1.1 servers that listen on sockets for incoming requests. Red Hat has issued an important security update to address this issue.

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