CVE-2026-50638
Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-93, CWE-150
- Affected
- pevans/metrics\
- Source
- 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/PEVANS/Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd-0.04/changesRelease Notes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50637Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50639Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9270Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.