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Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

CVE-2026-50637Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections

High 8.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd from PEVANS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.2High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 74.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections. The statsd protocol (and extensions) allow mutiple metrics, separated by newlines, to be sent per packet. The send method does not validate the contents of the metric names or values. If the names have newlines and statsd control characters (colon, pipe) then metric injections are possible. Version 0.04 fixed this by modifying the _make method to block metric names with characters below ASCII 32 (which includes the newline), or colons or pipes.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
PEVANS Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd 0 – before 0.04

Weakness: CWE-93, CWE-150 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

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