CVE-2026-116588

Datadog dd-trace-py: ReDOS in URL query string obfuscation

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: October 26, 2026 at 09:22 PM UTC
Updated: October 27, 2026 at 04:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDd Trace Py

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

1.5.0 ≤ v < 3.19.94.0.0 ≤ v < 4.15.61.5.04.0.0

Remediation

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CVSS

8.7HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-1333

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