CVE-2026-50271CWE-770

dd-trace-py: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS

High · published July 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00793 · 55.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-07-17T20:42Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 JUL 20:42Z
    dd-trace-py: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS
    cvelistv5