Is CVE-2026-9270 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-9270 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-9270?

Informational severity, published 5 June 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Datadog DogStatsd (Perl) through 0.07.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-9270?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-9270 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-9270?

Check whether you run Datadog DogStatsd (Perl) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-9270: DataDog DogStatsd metric injection in Perl library

CVE-2026-9270 · Severity: info · Published 2026-06-05

A vulnerability in the Perl library used to send data to Datadog allows attackers to inject fake or malicious monitoring data. By providing specially crafted input, an attacker could manipulate system metrics, potentially hiding malicious activity or triggering false alerts in monitoring dashboards. This could lead to a loss of visibility into the actual health and security of the application.

Vendors: Datadog.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-9270 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-9270 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-9270?: Informational severity, published 5 June 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Datadog DogStatsd (Perl) through 0.07.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-9270?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-9270 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-9270?: Check whether you run Datadog DogStatsd (Perl) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

The DataDog::DogStatsd Perl library fails to properly sanitize input in its send_stats method, leading to CRLF and metric injection vulnerabilities. Specifically, the library does not remove newlines from metric names ($stat), fails to validate the content of values ($delta), and does not sanitize tags for special characters like newlines, pipes, or colons. An attacker who can influence these parameters—such as through a web form parameter used as a tag—can inject arbitrary metrics into the DogStatsD stream. This is classified under CWE-93 (CRLF Injection) and CWE-150.

Affected products

DataDog DogStatsd (Perl) through 0.07

Timeline

2026-06-05: disclosed
2026-06-05: advisory

References

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