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.

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

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Description 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.
Title DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections
Weaknesses CWE-150
CWE-93
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-05T14:49:39.714Z

Reserved: 2026-05-22T10:23:06.050Z

Link: CVE-2026-9270

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-05T16:16:41.780

Modified: 2026-06-05T16:16:41.780

Link: CVE-2026-9270

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Updated: 2026-06-05T16:30:06Z

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