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TI-2024-25760 Aliases CVE-2024-38525

dd-trace-cpp malformed unicode header values may cause crash

Priority LOW 39CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

dd-trace-cpp is the Datadog distributed tracing for C++. When the library fails to extract trace context due to malformed unicode, it logs the list of audited headers and their values using the `nlohmann` JSON library. However, due to the way the JSON library is invoked, it throws an uncaught exception, which results in a crash. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.2.2.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00431 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed dd-trace-cpp (DataDog): 0.2.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
DataDogdd-trace-cpp0.1.12 to before 0.2.20.2.2Patch availableCNA
  • dd-trace-cpp VendorDataDog Affected 0.1.12 to before 0.2.2 Fixed in 0.2.2 Patch available CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:dd-trace-cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Datadoghq
  • cpe:2.3:a:datadoghq:dd-trace-cpp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Datadoghq

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA dd-trace-cpp (DataDog) Fixed in 0.2.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38525

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-32833 GuardDog: Blind GitHub URL rewrite in remote project scanning causes SSRF and `GH_TOKEN` exfiltration CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2022-07587 GuardDog vulnerable to arbitrary file write when scanning a specially-crafted remote PyPI package CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-26107 dd-trace-java: Unsafe deserialization in RMI instrumentation may lead to remote code execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-81528 ReDoS in dd-trace URL query string obfuscation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-80927 ReDoS in Datadog dd-trace-py URL query string obfuscation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2023-20052 import-in-the-middle allows unsanitized user controlled input in module generation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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