High severity · published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-116588
Datadog dd-trace-py: ReDOS in URL query string obfuscation
New
8.7
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Datadog dd-trace-py is the Datadog Python APM client. From 1.5.0 until 3.19.9 and 4.15.6, the default query-string obfuscation regular expression can exhibit excessive backtracking while synchronously processing attacker-controlled URL query strings for HTTP span metadata. A remote attacker can cause prolonged CPU consumption, request latency, and service unavailability in affected HTTP tracing integrations that include query strings in URL span tags. The vulnerable processing is enabled by default for those integrations. This issue is fixed in versions 3.19.9 and 4.15.6.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DD
dd-trace-py · DataDog
>= 1.5.0, < 3.19.9; >= 4.0.0, < 4.15.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116588
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116588
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/63ddc3cb07d8813ded7a8b3ab5b8d0f5470e4bfd
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/83ea39845dd95bfb9b8e247c62b3d22fc5dce1ce
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/a6d73607ea45ecd67152630f64b0945556972ed8
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/20857
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/20862
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/20880
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