CVE-2026-50638

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

9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-93, CWE-150

Published

2026-06-10

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• pevans:metrics\

References

• https://metacpan.org/release/PEVANS/Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd-0.04/changes
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50637
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50639
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9270

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