High severity · published Jul 17, 2026
CVE-2026-50271
dd-trace-py: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DD
dd-trace-py · DataDog
< 4.8.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50271
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50271
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/9c80faa3dcfe238d008c3b3cd0b8e5dfef0aa4cd
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/17926
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/releases/tag/v4.8.2
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/security/advisories/GHSA-mw54-j2v2-42hr
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