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CVE-2026-8788General

LOWCVSS 7.3 · HIGH

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

Net::Statsd::Lite versions through 0.10.0 for Perl allowed metric injections. The values from the set_add method were not checked for newlines, colons or pipes. Metrics generated from untrusted sources could inject additional statsd metrics. Note that version 0.9.0 fixed a similar issue CVE-2026-46719 for metric names.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-93CWE-150

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • General: 1 classified signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-18); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-18: 1Mentions · 2026-05-20: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-20: 105-1805-20
Signal classification2 categories
General
150.0%
Disclosure
150.0%
Referenced assets4 URLs
Classification over time
DateTotalLabels
2026-05-181
General1
2026-05-201
Disclosure1
Full discourse2 posts
  • Open Source Security mailing list@oss_security
    Disclosure

    Perl CPAN CVE-2026-46719,CVE-2026-8788: Net::Statsd::Lite through 0.10.0 allowed metric injections https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/16/9 and https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/18/1 CVE-2026-46720: Net::Statsd::Tiny before 0.3.8 allowed metric injections https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/17/2

    Post summary

    Disclosed metric injection vulnerabilities in Perl CPAN modules Net::Statsd::Lite and Net::Statsd::Tiny, without an explicit PoC, patch, or evidence of exploitation.

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  • CVEarity@CVEarity
    General

    ⚡ New CVE Alert: CVE-2026-8788 🚨 Risk Level: Unknown 🧩 Affects: Multiple / Unspecified Products Reference: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8788 #CVE-2026-8788 #CVE   #CyberSecurity #InfoSec https://t.co/67qAQ3DcBP

    Post summary

    The tweet simply alerts about CVE‑2026‑8788 and references the NVD entry without providing additional technical or operational details.

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    160 followersView on X

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