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SCA: security update for com.datadoghq:dd-java-agent (GHSA-579q-h82j-r5v2)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439273

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - dd-trace-java is a Datadog APM client for Java. In versions of dd-trace-java 0.40.0 through prior to
 1.60.2, the RMI instrumentation registered a custom endpoint that deserialized incoming data without
 applying serialization filters. On JDK version 16 and earlier, an attacker with network access to a JMX or
 RMI port on an instrumented JVM could exploit this to potentially achieve remote code execution. All three
 of the following conditions must be true to exploit this vulnerability: First, dd-trace-java is attached
 as a Java agent (`-javaagent`) on Java 16 or earlier. Second, a JMX/RMI port has been explicitly
 configured via `-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port` and is network-reachable, Third, a gadget-chain-
 compatible library is present on the classpath. For JDK >= 17, no action is required, but upgrading is
 strongly encouraged. For JDK >= 8u121 < JDK 17, upgrade to dd-trace-java version 1.60.3 or later. For JDK
 < 8u121 and earlier where serialization filters are not available, apply the workaround. The workaround is
 to set the following environment variable to disable the RMI integration:
 `DD_INTEGRATION_RMI_ENABLED=false`. (CVE-2026-33728)

Solution

Update the com.datadoghq:dd-java-agent library and its related packages to version 1.60.3 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-579q-h82j-r5v2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 439273

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/26/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.94

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-33728

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-33728

cwe: CWE-502