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Critical 9.1Published Jun 5, 2026

CVE-2026-9270DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects BINARY DataDog::DogStatsd and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections. DataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources. The send_stats method does not remove newlines from metric names ($stat variable), allowing attackers to change the metric name prefix. The send_stats method does not validate the content of the value ($delta variable), allowing attackers to inject metrics, especially from methods that do not restrict the data type for the value, such as set, gauge, count and histogram. The send_stats method does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections. Note that the SYNOPSIS shows an example of passing a website form "loginName" parameter as a tag, which is unsafe.

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 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
BINARY DataDog::DogStatsd
binary:datadog_dogstatsd (from the name)
through 0.07
CNA record
binary datadog::dogstatsd
binary:datadog::dogstatsd
through 0.07
NVD

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References

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