{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-HTTP-Daemon-2026-8450 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-http-daemon-2026-8450.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/commit/945d35141d94490f749640bd4390acd6a2193995.patch", "url": "https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/commit/945d35141d94490f749640bd4390acd6a2193995.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/pull/89", "url": "https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/pull/89" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/OALDERS/HTTP-Daemon-6.17/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/OALDERS/HTTP-Daemon-6.17/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/5", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/5" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-8450 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8450" } ], "title": "HTTP-Daemon vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-27T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-HTTP-Daemon-2026-8450", "initial_release_date": "2026-05-27T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-05-27T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<6.17", "product": { "name": "HTTP-Daemon less than 6.17", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/HTTP-Daemon" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=6.17", "product": { "name": "HTTP-Daemon greater than or equal 6.17", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/HTTP-Daemon" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "HTTP-Daemon" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-8450", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-73", "name": "External Control of File Name or Path" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via send_file().\n\nsend_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.\n\nUntrusted 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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 9.1, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }