CVE-2026-50277 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.06.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor DataDog
Product dd-trace-cpp
Versions
  • Version < 2.1.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE