CVE-2026-50275
What it is
The Datadog PHP Tracer provides application performance monitoring and distributed tracing for PHP. Prior to 1.19.2, ddtrace_deserialize_baggage in ext/distributed_tracing_headers.c parses incoming W3C baggage HTTP headers without enforcing DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_ITEMS or DD_TRACE_BAGGAGE_MAX_BYTES. A remote unauthenticated client can send an arbitrarily large number of comma-separated key-value pairs or a single oversized value, causing the tracer to allocate hash-map entries and consume unbounded CPU and memory on each request. Baggage extraction is enabled by default in most affected deployments unless baggage is removed from DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE or DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE_EXTRACT. This issue is fixed in version 1.19.2.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-770 · Allocation without limits
- Record status
- Awaiting Analysis
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-50275.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-50275. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/commit/2f7987eb02e306bb62bce8ec4152dece68112f51
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/commit/43072ccafe55a5dbdfba75a42bf316b4150ae1e5
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/pull/3854
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/releases/tag/1.19.2
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/releases/tag/1.20.0
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/security/advisories/GHSA-phwx-ww2p-cv9v
References
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/commit/2f7987eb02e306bb62bce8ec4152dece68112f51
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/commit/43072ccafe55a5dbdfba75a42bf316b4150ae1e5
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/pull/3854
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/releases/tag/1.19.2
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/releases/tag/1.20.0
- https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-php/security/advisories/GHSA-phwx-ww2p-cv9v