CVE-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
- 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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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.35% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 28% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- unknownUSN-8599-1: HTTP-Date vulnerabilityubuntu · 2026-07-23
- highCVE-2026-14741: HTTP::Date versions before 6.08 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via polynomial regex backtrackin…nvd · 2026-07-17
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