# CVE-2026-8788: Net::Statsd::Lite versions through 0.10.0 for Perl allowed metric injections

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-18 · Updated: 2026-06-19

## Affected

- Net-Statsd-Lite: through 0.10.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Net-Statsd-Lite, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Net-Statsd-Lite-v0.10.1/changes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46719

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