GHSA-3hc6-3p33-wq57CriticalCVSS 9.1
HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via send_file(). send_file...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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 (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8450
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/pull/89
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Daemon/commit/945d35141d94490f749640bd4390acd6a2193995.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/OALDERS/HTTP-Daemon-6.17/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/5
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hc6-3p33-wq57