CVE-2026-8722
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Metric Injection in Net::Async::Statsd::Client for Perl

Publication date: 2026-06-04

Last updated on: 2026-06-19

Assigner: CPANSec

Description
Net::Async::Statsd::Client versions through 0.005 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.
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Published
2026-06-04
Last Modified
2026-06-19
Generated
2026-06-24
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2026-06-04
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-23
NVD
CVE-2026-8722
EUVD
EUVD-2026-34188
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Vendor Product Version / Range
team net to 0.005 (inc)
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CWE-150 The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as escape, meta, or control character sequences when they are sent to a downstream component.
CWE-93 The product uses CRLF (carriage return line feeds) as a special element, e.g. to separate lines or records, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes CRLF sequences from inputs.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in Net::Async::Statsd::Client versions through 0.005 for Perl, where the metric names are not properly validated.

Specifically, the metric names are not checked for special characters such as newlines, colons, or pipes.

As a result, metrics generated from untrusted sources could inject additional statsd metrics, leading to metric injection.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow an attacker to inject additional statsd metrics by exploiting the lack of validation on metric names.

Such metric injections could lead to inaccurate or misleading monitoring data, potentially affecting system monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis.

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