CVE-2026-8722
Metric Injection in Net::Async::Statsd::Client for Perl
Publication date: 2026-06-04
Last updated on: 2026-06-04
Assigner: CPANSec
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| 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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
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.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
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.