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CVE-2026-8500

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
0.01653
Risk score
39.78
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2026-05-13
Modified
2026-05-14
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2026-30206, GHSA-JRW9-JQQP-JCQ9
Products
EVANK:Web::Passwd 0 ≤0.03
Sources
euvd EUVD-2026-30206

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.

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