High severity · published Sep 17, 2026
CVE-2026-50277
dd-trace-cpp: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
dd-trace-cpp is the Datadog distributed tracing library for C++. Prior to 2.1.0, dd-trace-cpp parses incoming W3C baggage headers without enforcing DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS or DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES on the extraction path, even though those limits are enforced during injection. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a header containing many comma-separated key-value pairs or one very large value, causing per-request hash-map allocation and unbounded CPU and memory consumption. Baggage extraction is enabled by default in most affected tracers unless baggage is removed from DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE or DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE_EXTRACT, so affected internet-facing services can be denied service. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
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-cpp · DataDog
< 2.1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50277
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50277
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/commit/422dc91bb93e358e3977381275d311f3f926d666
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/pull/313
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/releases/tag/v2.1.0
github.com
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-ch7h-phmx-rqwq
