{"id":"CVE-2026-50277","aliases":["EUVD-2026-82423","GHSA-ch7h-phmx-rqwq"],"status":"published","title":"dd-trace-cpp: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS","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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00793,"percentile":0.56787,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-770"],"published":"2026-09-17T20:16:37Z","modified":"2026-10-28T11:16:36Z","products":[{"vendor":"datadog","product":"dd-trace-cpp"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-ch7h-phmx-rqwq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/pull/313","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/commit/422dc91bb93e358e3977381275d311f3f926d666","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-cpp/releases/tag/v2.1.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/50xxx/CVE-2026-50277.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50277","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-50277","title":"dd-trace-cpp: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-17T20:16:37.23Z","modified":"2026-09-21T21:12:32.522Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:08.734143Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-82423","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-17T20:16:37Z","modified":"2026-09-21T21:12:32Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T17:28:03.79222Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-50277","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-17T21:17:14.243Z","modified":"2026-09-24T21:16:28.12Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-770"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:49.70655Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-50277","title":"dd-trace-cpp: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS","description":"dd-trace-cpp is the Datadog distributed tracing library for C++. 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