USN-8599-1: HTTP-Date vulnerability

unknownCVE-2026-14741

It was discovered that HTTP-Date incorrectly handled parsing certain date strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTTP-Date to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: null product: HTTP-Date Denial of serviceaffected: null

What: Incorrect handling of date strings can lead to excessive resource usage.
Who is affected: Users of HTTP-Date.
Urgency: Remediation is important to prevent denial of service.
Action: Update HTTP-Date to a fixed version.

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Details

Source: Ubuntu Security Notices (INTL · vendor-psirt · site)
Severity: unknown
Published: 2026-07-23
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8599-1

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-147410.35% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 28% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-14741	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Same CVEs, other sources

How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

highCVE-2026-14741: HTTP::Date versions before 6.08 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via polynomial regex backtrackin…nvd