Datadog dd-trace-go is a Go client library for Datadog application performance monitoring, profiling, and security monitoring. Prior to 2.8.1, 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 limits on the extract path. 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, causing unbounded CPU and memory consumption and enabling a remote denial of service against HTTP services with baggage propagation enabled. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.1.
CVE-2026-50274
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.8%, top 47% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 36.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 15, 2026
Last Modified
July 23, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026Improper parsing of W3C baggage headers may lead to DoS · Advisory · DataDog/dd-trace-go · GitHub
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/security/advisories/GHSA-74j5-xf3v-crq8v2.8.1
Patch available: DataDog/dd-trace-go v2.8.1
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/releases/tag/v2.8.1fix(tracer): enforce baggage item and byte limits on extraction
Patch available: DataDog/dd-trace-go v2.9.0 (PR #4720 merged 2026-05-04)
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/pull/4720commit 192712ba0291 (DataDog/dd-trace-go)
Patch available: DataDog/dd-trace-go v2.8.1 (contains commit 192712ba0291)
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/commit/192712ba0291b2e89166259111ebb5e90c8f52dfVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-50274(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go | — | — | — |
| github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2 | — | 2.8.1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 11× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-19 02:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 23:19 UTCEG score recompute
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Same CWE
10 shownCWE-770
- CVE-2018-20033EG 9.8CRITICAL
- CVE-2019-11479NVD 7.5EG 9.0EPSS 100%HIGH
- CVE-2019-11478NVD 5.3EG 9.0EPSS 100%MEDIUM
- CVE-2019-10088EG 8.8EPSS 91%HIGH
- CVE-2018-15462EG 8.6HIGH
- CVE-2018-15460EG 8.6HIGH
- CVE-2018-0137EG 8.6HIGH
- CVE-2008-5180NVD 5.3EG 7.9EPSS 99%MEDIUM
- CVE-2019-10094EG 7.8HIGH
- CVE-2018-16865EG 7.8HIGH
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