Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataDog | dd-trace-go | < 2.8.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260727T201416-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21551-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | datadog-operator | 1.31.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | dogstatsd-7.79 +3 | 7.79.2-r15 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubernetes-dns-node-cache | 1.26.8-r12 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | vitess-23 +1 | 23.0.5-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | vitess-24 +1 | 24.0.2-r5 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | vitess-24-compat | 24.0.3-r7 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go | <= 1.24.1 | — | GHSA-74j5-xf3v-crq8 |
| Go | github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go | all versions | — | GO-2026-6000 |
| Go | github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2 | < 2.8.1 | 2.8.1 | GHSA-74j5-xf3v-crq8 |
Advisories 3
- SUSE-SU-2026:23227-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23216-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21551-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 12, 2026