CPANSA-Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd-2026-50638: Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-06-10T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-06-10T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 9.1 Severity
Original language Language en
Also referred to

Vulnerability 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.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-50638

Vulnerability 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.

Weakness CWE-93 : Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd less than 0.04
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N 9.1 Critical
Fixed

giterlizzi

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gdt@cpan.org

References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 2026 First release

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