CVE-2026-116693 (GCVE-0-2026-116693)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-27 20:07
Modified
2026-10-27 20:07
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Summary
dd-trace is the Datadog APM client for Node.js. From 2.0.0 until 5.131.1 and 6.20.1, the default DD_TRACE_OBFUSCATION_QUERY_STRING_REGEXP can perform excessive backtracking on attacker-controlled URL query strings. The expression is applied synchronously while recording HTTP URL metadata, allowing a crafted request to consume excessive CPU, stall request processing, and make the instrumented application unavailable. This issue is fixed in versions 5.131.1 and 6.20.1.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
DataDog dd-trace-js Version: >= 2.0.0, < 5.131.1
Version: >= 6.0.0, < 6.20.1
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