Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:36187 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-07-07 Updated: 2026-07-07 RHSA-2026:36187 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: perl-HTTP-Daemon security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for perl-HTTP-Daemon is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description 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. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 aarch64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 x86_64 Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.8 ppc64le Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.8 s390x Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 aarch64 Fixes BZ - 2481773 - CVE-2026-8450 perl-HTTP-Daemon: HTTP::Daemon: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in send_file() CVEs CVE-2026-8450 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 9 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 x86_64 perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 9 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 ppc64le perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 9 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 aarch64 perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 9 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 s390x perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 x86_64 perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.8 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 ppc64le perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.8 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 s390x perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 SRPM perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dd0641494c7c6a1e3260e72dd706444979c1f1933340061fed29dd4880a09161 aarch64 perl-HTTP-Daemon-6.12-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm SHA-256: deb115d9e2047be1d0e6b0622356ba98e3d8092f3c0fd156f2b4f9a2af954eee The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ .
A critical OS command injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-8450, CVSS 9.1) exists in the `send_file()` method of the HTTP::Daemon Perl module, allowing for arbitrary code execution. The flaw affects the perl-HTTP-Daemon package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat has released an update to version 6.12-6.el9_8.1 to remediate the issue.