CVE-2026-8450 (GCVE-0-2026-8450)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-27 04:22
Modified
2026-07-15 00:39
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OALDERS | HTTP::Daemon |
Version: 0 < 6.17 |
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