CVE-2026-116588
Published:October 26, 2026
Updated:October 29, 2026
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 Packages
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v3.0.0rc1 <v3.19.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v3.19.9https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v4.0.0rc1 <v4.15.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.15.6ddtrace (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0rc1 <4.15.6Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.15.6ddtrace (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0rc1 <3.19.9Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.19.9Related Resources (11)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
EPSS
Base Score:
0.47