Critical 9.1Published Jun 10, 2026

CVE-2026-50638Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:10 PM ET)

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Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections. The statsd protocol (and extensions such as dogstatsd) allow mutiple metrics, separated by newlines, to be sent per packet. Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd which extends Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd, which has a similar vulnerability. In addition, the _tags function does not check tags for newlines or statsd control characters. The tags can be used for metric injections.

CVSS: 9.1 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-93, CWE-150
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: CPANSec
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

PEVANS Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd pevans:metrics_any_adapter_dogstatsd (from the name)	before 0.04	CNA record
pevans metrics::any::adapter::dogstatsd pevans:metrics::any::adapter::dogstatsd	before 0.04	NVD

References

References

https://metacpan.org/release/PEVANS/Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd-0.04/changes	release-notes
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9270	related, third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50637	related, third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50639	related, third-party-advisory

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