Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 26.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.1
References