CVE-2026-50638
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.1
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
Published
2026-06-10 19:16:37.380000
Last modified
2026-10-26 11:10:00.157000
View original CVE JSON
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