A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in OALDERS WWW::Mechanize::Cached up to 1.x on Perl. This impacts the function get of the file /tmp/FileCache of the component HTTP Response Handler. The manipulation leads to incorrect permission assignment.

This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-8612. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.