GHSA-gpwf-4h98-v82q: datadog-opentelemetry has unbounded W3C tracestate parsing that may lead to DoS
Summary
Datadog tracing libraries have a vulnerability where they parse incoming `tracestate` headers (part of W3C Trace Context, a standard for tracking requests across services) without limiting their size. An attacker can send an extremely large or complex `tracestate` header that forces the server to use excessive CPU and memory, causing a denial of service (DoS, where a service becomes unavailable). Since this parsing is enabled by default, any web service using an affected Datadog tracer version is at risk.
Solution / Mitigation
This is resolved in version 0.3.3 and later of the `dd-trace-rs` library. If you cannot upgrade immediately: (1) Disable `tracecontext` extraction by setting `DD_TRACE_PROPAGATION_STYLE_EXTRACT` to a value that does not include `tracecontext` (for example, `datadog`), or (2) Cap the maximum HTTP request header size at an upstream proxy or web server.
Vulnerability Details
EPSS: 0.0%
Yes
August 28, 2026
Classification
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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpwf-4h98-v82q
First tracked: August 28, 2026 at 02:01 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 75%