Datadog dd-trace-py is the Datadog Python APM client. From 3.13.0 until 4.15.5, the IAST string-processing instrumentation does not properly handle certain internal errors while old-style % string formatting processes attacker-controlled input. An unhandled error can terminate the Python process and interrupt the work it is handling. Exploitation requires IAST to be enabled, which is not the default, and application code to apply the affected formatting operation to attacker-controlled input. This issue is fixed in version 4.15.5.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p3m5-h5v9-vqj6 Datadog dd-trace-py: IAST instrumentation can lead to application DOS
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Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000

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Description Datadog dd-trace-py is the Datadog Python APM client. From 3.13.0 until 4.15.5, the IAST string-processing instrumentation does not properly handle certain internal errors while old-style % string formatting processes attacker-controlled input. An unhandled error can terminate the Python process and interrupt the work it is handling. Exploitation requires IAST to be enabled, which is not the default, and application code to apply the affected formatting operation to attacker-controlled input. This issue is fixed in version 4.15.5.
Title Datadog dd-trace-py: IAST instrumentation can lead to application DOS
Weaknesses CWE-248
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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: 2026-10-26T21:26:58.832Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-116589

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-26T22:16:55.490

Modified: 2026-10-27T16:03:45.247

Link: CVE-2026-116589

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Updated: 2026-10-27T05:45:14Z

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