CVE-2026-50271
HIGHDatadog dd-trace-py < 4.8.2 - Baggage Header Denial of Service
Title source: manualDescription
Datadog dd-trace-py is the Datadog Python APM client. Prior to 4.8.2, Datadog tracing libraries that implement W3C baggage propagation parse incoming baggage HTTP headers without enforcing DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS or DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES limits on the extract path. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a request whose baggage header contains an arbitrarily large number of comma-separated key-value pairs or a single very large value, causing unbounded CPU and memory consumption and enabling a remote denial of service against HTTP services with baggage propagation enabled. This issue is fixed in version 4.8.2.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
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https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/security/advisories/GHSA-mw54-j2v2-42hr
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https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/17926
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https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/9c80faa3dcfe238d008c3b3cd0b8e5dfef0aa4cd
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https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/releases/tag/v4.8.2
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0044
EPSS Percentile
36.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (2)
DataDog/dd-trace-py
< 4.8.2
pypi/ddtrace
0 - 4.8.2PyPI
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 18, 2026