# CVE-2026-9270: DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-05 · Updated: 2026-06-08

## Affected

- DataDog-DogStatsd: through 0.07

## Description

DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections. DataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources. The send_stats method does not remove newlines from metric names ($stat variable), allowing attackers to change the metric name prefix. The send_stats method does not validate the content of the value ($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. The send_stats method does not validate the content of the tags, which may contain newlines, pipes and colons that allow metric injections. Note that the SYNOPSIS shows an example of passing a website form "loginName" parameter as a tag, which is unsafe.

## What to do

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

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## References

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46741
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46719
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46720

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