CVE-2026-50638Disclosure(pevans / metrics\)

LOWCVSS 9.1 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections. The statsd protocol (and extensions such as dogstatsd) allow mutiple metrics, separated by newlines, to be sent per packet. Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd which extends Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd, which has a similar vulnerability. In addition, the _tags function does not check tags for newlines or statsd control characters. The tags can be used for metric injections.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-93CWE-150

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • metrics\

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
metrics\

1 version affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-06-12: 1Technical Details · 2026-06-12: 106-12
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets3 URLs
Full discourse1 post
  • Open Source Security mailing list@oss_security
    Disclosure

    Perl CPAN Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd CVE-2026-50637,CVE-2026-50638,CVE-2026-50639: Statsd, DogStatsd, SignalFx before 0.04 do not protect against metric injections https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/10/17 & https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/10/18 & https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/10/19

    Post summary

    This post announces CVE‑2026‑50637, CVE‑2026‑50638, and CVE‑2026‑50639 for the Perl CPAN Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd module, noting that Statsd, DogStatsd, and SignalFx versions prior to 0.04 are vulnerable to metric injections, with no exploitation or patch information provided.

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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