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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Solution
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Workaround
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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-08T18:17:12.608Z
Reserved: 2026-05-22T10:23:06.050Z
Link: CVE-2026-9270
Updated: 2026-06-08T18:16:55.711Z
Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-06-05T16:16:41.780
Modified: 2026-06-08T19:16:47.087
Link: CVE-2026-9270
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-08T20:45:32Z