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CVE-2026-8500

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.16 BB Relevance: 80/100
Published: 2026-05-13 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (3)

Bug Bounty Relevance

80 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.65%
Raw Score 0.016530
Percentile 76.5%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.01653
2026-10-28
0.01653

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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