GLSA 202608-10: HTTP-Daemon: Improper header handling

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Severity:	normal
Title:	HTTP-Daemon: Improper header handling
Date:	08/14/2026
Bugs:	#908905
ID:	202608-10

Synopsis

A vulnerability was found in HTTP-Daemon allowing header manipulation or filter bypass.

Background

HTTP-Daemon provides a base class for simple HTTP servers.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-perl/HTTP-Daemon	< 6.160.0	>= 6.160.0	All supported architectures

Description

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests.

Impact

The bug could potentially be exploited to gain privileged access to APIs or poison intermediate caches.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All HTTP-Daemon users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/HTTP-Daemon-6.160.0"

References

CVE-2022-31081

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202608-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.