CVE-2026-9270 PUBLISHED

DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 22.05.2026 Published: 05.06.2026 Updated: 05.06.2026

DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections.

DataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources.

The send_stats method does not remove newlines from metric names ($stat variable), allowing attackers to change the metric name prefix.

The send_stats method does not validate the content of the value ($delta variable), allowing attackers to inject metrics, especially from methods that do not restrict the data type for the value, such as set, gauge, count and histogram.

The send_stats method does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections.

Note that the SYNOPSIS shows an example of passing a website form "loginName" parameter as a tag, which is unsafe.

Product Status

Vendor BINARY
Product DataDog::DogStatsd
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.07 (incl.)

Workarounds

Ensure that metric names, values and tags come from trusted sources or are properly sanitised.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-93 Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences CWE
  • CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences CWE