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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3633-r77q-h3v3 Datadog dd-trace-py: ReDoS in URL query string obfuscation
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History

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Datadog
Datadog dd-trace-py
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Datadog dd-trace-py

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Datadog dd-trace-py: ReDOS in URL query string obfuscation
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-26T21:22:46.130Z

Reserved: 2026-10-26T15:03:39.036Z

Link: CVE-2026-116588

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-26T22:16:55.340

Modified: 2026-10-26T22:16:55.340

Link: CVE-2026-116588

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-27T07:15:08Z

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