{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-50638: Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-50638","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-10T18:32:21.666Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-11T19:11:42.654Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-10T18:32:21.666Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections.\n\nThe statsd protocol (and extensions such as dogstatsd) allow mutiple metrics,separated by newlines, to be sent per packet.\n\nMetrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd which extends Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd, which has a similar vulnerability.\n\nIn addition, the _tags function does not check tags for newlines or statsd control characters. The tags can be used for metric injections.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-50638 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-50638"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50638"},{"category":"external","summary":"metacpan.org","url":"https://metacpan.org/release/PEVANS/Metrics-Any-Adapter-Statsd-0.04/changes"},{"category":"external","summary":"cve.org","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50637"},{"category":"external","summary":"cve.org","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9270"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"PEVANS","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"<0.04","product":{"name":"PEVANS Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd <0.04","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:pevans:metrics\\:\\:any\\:\\:adapter\\:\\:dogstatsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-50638","title":"Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections.\n\nThe statsd protocol (and extensions such as dogstatsd) allow mutiple metrics,separated by newlines, to be sent per packet.\n\nMetrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd which extends Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd, which has a similar vulnerability.\n\nIn addition, the _tags function does not check tags for newlines or statsd control characters. The tags can be used for metric injections.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","baseScore":9.1,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"Update to a fixed version: 0.04.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"]}]}]}