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TI-2026-08144 Aliases CVE-2026-9270GHSA-x9rg-6x4w-mpcx

DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-150Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00331 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
BINARYDataDog::DogStatsdup to 0.07—No fix listedCNA
  • DataDog::DogStatsd VendorBINARY Affected up to 0.07 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:binary:datadog\:\:dogstatsd:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* dogstatsdVulnerableBINARY
  • cpe:2.3:a:binary:datadog\:\:dogstatsd:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* Versions dogstatsd Vulnerable ·BINARY

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9270
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9rg-6x4w-mpcx

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-2026-09808 DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections from event tags CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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