Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec
CVE-2026-11362DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections from event tags
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in DataDog::DogStatsd from BINARY. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.)
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| BINARY | DataDog::DogStatsd | 0 – through 0.07 |
Weakness: CWE-93, CWE-150 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H