{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-9270: DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-9270","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-05T14:49:39.714Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-08T18:17:12.608Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-05T14:49:39.714Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections.\n\nDataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources.\n\nThe send_stats method does not remove newlines from metric names ($stat variable), allowing attackers to change the metric name prefix.\n\nThe send_stats method does not validate the content of the value ($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.\n\nThe send_stats method does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections.\n\nNote that the SYNOPSIS shows an example of passing a website form \"loginName\" parameter as a tag, which is unsafe.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-9270 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-9270"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9270"},{"category":"external","summary":"cve.org","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46741"},{"category":"external","summary":"cve.org","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46719"},{"category":"external","summary":"cve.org","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46720"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"BINARY","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"DataDog::DogStatsd","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"<=0.07","product":{"name":"BINARY DataDog::DogStatsd <=0.07","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:binary:datadog\\:\\:dogstatsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-9270","title":"DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections.\n\nDataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources.\n\nThe send_stats method does not remove newlines from metric names ($stat variable), allowing attackers to change the metric name prefix.\n\nThe send_stats method does not validate the content of the value ($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.\n\nThe send_stats method does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections.\n\nNote that the SYNOPSIS shows an example of passing a website form \"loginName\" parameter as a tag, which is unsafe.","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":"none_available","details":"No fixed version is published yet. Monitor the upstream advisory.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"]}]}]}