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VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-50273: dd-trace-dotnet · Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS

Affects Datadog.TraceSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 3.43.0 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 56% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.43.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Datadog.Trace and Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing to 3.43.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
NuGetDatadog.TraceAffected
  • <3.43.0
Fixed in
  • 3.43.0
NuGetDatadog.Trace.OpenTracingAffected
  • <3.43.0
Fixed in
  • 3.43.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade to dd-trace-dotnet version 3.43.0 or later, where this issue is resolved. If immediate upgrade is not possible, mitigate by disabling baggage extraction via configuration (removing 'baggage' from DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE or DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE_EXTRACT). Additionally, limit the maximum HTTP request header size at upstream proxies or web servers using settings such as Apache's LimitRequestFieldSize, Nginx's large_client_header_buffers, or Envoy's max_request_headers_kb.

Description

Datadog's dd-trace-dotnet library versions prior to 3.43.0 improperly parse W3C baggage HTTP headers without enforcing limits on the number or size of items during extraction. This allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to send requests with excessively large or numerous baggage items, causing unbounded CPU and memory consumption. This can lead to a denial of service (DoS) on any HTTP service using the affected tracer with baggage propagation enabled by default.

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