What is CVE-2026-8612?

CVE-2026-8612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oalders Www\, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-8612?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Deserialization in Oalders Www\

CVE-2026-8612

WWW::Mechanize::Cached versions before 2.00 for Perl deserialize cached HTTP responses from a world-writable on-disk cache, enabling local response forgery and code execution. With no explicit cache backend, WWW::Mechanize::Cached constru…

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.001 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Oalders Www\ — versions \
Oalders Www::mechanize::cached — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch, patch, Issue Tracking)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (Patch, patch)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (release-notes, Release Notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8612?: CVE-2026-8612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oalders Www\, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-8612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.