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

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

The format_event method (used by the event method) does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain commas (allowing tags to be injected) or newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections. (There is an ineffective s/|//g to remove pipes, but because the pipe is not escaped, it is interpreted as a regular expression metacharacter and has no effect.)

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

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Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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Description DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections from event tags. DataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources. The format_event method (used by the event method) does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain commas (allowing tags to be injected) or newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections. (There is an ineffective s/|//g to remove pipes, but because the pipe is not escaped, it is interpreted as a regular expression metacharacter and has no effect.)
Title DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections from event tags
Weaknesses CWE-150
CWE-93
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

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Updated: 2026-06-05T14:50:12.176Z

Reserved: 2026-06-05T11:42:59.357Z

Link: CVE-2026-11362

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-05T16:16:41.277

Modified: 2026-06-05T16:16:41.277

Link: CVE-2026-11362

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