7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-50273
Datadog .NET Tracer: Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS
Description

Datadog .NET Tracer is a client library for Datadog APM for .NET applications. Prior to 3.43.0, Datadog tracing libraries that implement W3C baggage propagation parse incoming baggage HTTP headers without enforcing DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS or DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES on extraction, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to send a baggage header with many comma-separated key-value pairs or one very large value and cause unbounded CPU and memory consumption in services with baggage propagation enabled. This issue is fixed in version 3.43.0.

INFO

Published Date :

July 17, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 17, 2026, 6:45 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-50273 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH MITRE-CVE
Solution
Update Datadog .NET Tracer to version 3.43.0 or later to fix unbounded resource consumption.
  • Update Datadog .NET Tracer to version 3.43.0.
  • Ensure baggage propagation is enabled for affected services.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'DataDog', 'product': 'dd-trace-dotnet', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '< 3.43.0'}]}]
    Added Description Datadog .NET Tracer is a client library for Datadog APM for .NET applications. Prior to 3.43.0, Datadog tracing libraries that implement W3C baggage propagation parse incoming baggage HTTP headers without enforcing DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS or DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES on extraction, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to send a baggage header with many comma-separated key-value pairs or one very large value and cause unbounded CPU and memory consumption in services with baggage propagation enabled. This issue is fixed in version 3.43.0.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-770
    Added Reference https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-dotnet/commit/38092e0d41a36decbe649e048e48ae1b1607292f
    Added Reference https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-dotnet/pull/8555
    Added Reference https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-dotnet/releases/tag/v3.43.0
    Added Reference https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-dotnet/security/advisories/GHSA-38wr-vpc7-2mp4
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