Net::Statsd versions before 0.13 for Perl allow metric injections
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Net::Statsd versions before 0.13 for Perl allow metric injections. The metric names are not checked for newlines, colons or pipes. Metrics generated from untrusted sources could inject additional statsd metrics. The update_stats (used for updating counters) and gauge methods do not check that values are numeric (which would block metric injection).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Net::Statsd (COSIMO) Fixed in 0.13
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-46739
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjp4-mf92-6wh6
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-46739 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-46739 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wjp4-mf92-6wh6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-46739 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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