RHEL 8 : perl-HTTP-Daemon (RHSA-2026:36188)

high Nessus Plugin ID 325466

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for perl-HTTP-Daemon.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:36188 advisory.

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL perl-HTTP-Daemon package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:36188.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 325466

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-36188.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 7/7/2026

Updated: 7/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.03

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-http-daemon, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8450

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2026:36188

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