CVE-2026-116588

LOWCVSS 8.7 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-1333

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

STABLE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-10-27); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-10-27: 1Mentions · 2026-10-28: 110-2710-28
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • DailyCVE@dailycve

    🔴 Datadog dd-trace-py, Regular Expression Denial of Service, #CVE-2026-116588 (High) -DC-Oct2026-3868 https://dailycve.com/datadog-dd-trace-py-regular-expression-denial-of-service-cve-2026-116588-high-dc-oct2026-3868/

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  • DailyCVE@dailycve

    🔴 Datadog dd-trace-py, Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Vulnerability, #CVE-2026-116588 (High) -DC-Oct2026-3828 https://dailycve.com/datadog-dd-trace-py-regular-expression-denial-of-service-redos-vulnerability-cve-2026-116588-high-dc-oct2026-3828/

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