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

July 15, 2026

Datadog tracing libraries that implement W3C baggage propagation parse incoming baggage HTTP headers without enforcing item-count or byte-size limits on the extract path. The DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS (default 64) and DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES (default 8192) limits were applied only to baggage injection, not extraction. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can send a request whose baggage header contains an arbitrarily large number of comma-separated key-value pairs (or a single very large value). The tracer allocates a hash-map entry for each pair on every request, causing unbounded CPU and memory consumption and enabling a remote Denial of Service against any HTTP service that has the baggage propagation style enabled. The baggage propagation style is enabled by default in most affected tracers, so any internet-facing service that has been instrumented with an affected tracer version is exposed unless the propagation style has been explicitly narrowed.

References

  • github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-dotnet/security/advisories/GHSA-38wr-vpc7-2mp4
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-38wr-vpc7-2mp4
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50273

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.43.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.43.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.43.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Source file

nuget/Datadog.Trace.OpenTracing/CVE-2026-50273.yml

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