Datadog dd-trace-py is the Datadog Python APM client. From 3.13.0 until 4.15.5, the IAST string-processing instrumentation does not properly handle certain internal errors while old-style % string formatting processes attacker-controlled input. An unhandled error can terminate the Python process and interrupt the work it is handling. Exploitation requires IAST to be enabled, which is not the default, and application code to apply the affected formatting operation to attacker-controlled input. This issue is fixed in version 4.15.5.
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/security/advisories/GHSA-p3m5-h5v9-vqj6
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/releases/tag/v4.15.5
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/20823
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/pull/20786
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/ace972489b57dd020ff52b706bb548a354f2dd69
https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-py/commit/69dc19853247434ceab83e0c1c4e279a2eb2a3f7
Published: 2026-10-26
Updated: 2026-10-27
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00328