CVE•Published 2026-06-10•Modified 2026-06-24•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-50638Pevans · Metrics\
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
24
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 76% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd versions before 0.04 for Perl does not protect against metric injections. The statsd protocol (and extensions such as dogstatsd) allow mutiple metrics, separated by newlines, to be sent per packet. Metrics::Any::Adapter::DogStatsd which extends Metrics::Any::Adapter::Statsd, which has a similar vulnerability. In addition, the _tags function does not check tags for newlines or statsd control characters. The tags can be used for metric injections.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-10
Modified 2026-06-24
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-50638Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Pevans Metrics\" version:"\"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Metrics\"HTTP body or banner mentions "Metrics\" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-50638Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-50638Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-50638Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-50638GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-50638" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-50638 on GitHub.