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High RLSA-2026:36187 1 CVE

Important: perl-HTTP-Daemon security update

Published Jul 8, 2026 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

The perl-HTTP-Daemon package includes the HTTP::Daemon class, a subclass of IO::Socket::IP. Instances of the HTTP::Daemon class are HTTP/1.1 servers that listen on a socket for incoming requests.

Security Fix(es):

* perl-HTTP-Daemon: HTTP::Daemon: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in send_file() (CVE-2026-8450)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 perl-HTTP-Daemon 0:6.12-6.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2026-8450

    HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via send_file()

    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 '>> …

    OALDERS HTTP::Daemon libhttp-daemon-perl libhttp-daemon-perl Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481773