Security Advisory

CVE-2026-8500

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-05-13 22:24:42
Last updated 2026-05-14 00:35:26
Assigner CPANSec
State PUBLISHED

Description

Web::Passwd versions through 0.03 for Perl is vulnerable to RCE. Web::Passwd is a small CGI application for managing htpasswd files using the htpasswd command. The user parameter is not validated or escaped, and is used as the last argument on the command line, allowing for command injection.