ETK-2026-985Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.

waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.

GHSA-vmc3-q32r-rv64 ↗

no check availablenot proven exploitable
awaiting cvepublic pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.
go:github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go < 2.11.0
fixed in 2.11.1
ETK-2026-985, no cve assigned
pkg:golang/github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go
pkg:golang/github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2
12d 13h 01msince last run
15mAI analysisAnalysis: how long the AI spent reversing this signal.
timeline
0 = trigger signal
trigger signal +0dwaiting for further signals+0.0d
0
+5d
+10d

description

Affected dd-trace-go HTTP tracing integrations process URL query strings with a default obfuscation expression that can use excessive CPU. An attacker able to supply query strings to traced requests may increase latency or make the application unavailable when query strings are included in URL span tags.

mitigation

Upgrade github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go and github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2 to version 2.11.1 or later. Until upgrading, set DD_TRACE_OBFUSCATION_QUERY_STRING_REGEXP to the corrected expression provided by the advisory and restart the application.

fixed in 2.11.1

check
no
exploit
no
automationDeterministic: a check that runs on its own, the same request on every target. Contextual: an agentic technique that needs to be applied per target, for bugs that depend on contextual flows.
contextual
auth requiredWhether an attacker needs an account first, based on the CVSS vector's Privileges Required.
no
EPSSEstimate of the chance this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days. Refreshed daily.
–
agent run time
15m
cve.org record, t = 0The moment cve.org publishes the CVE in full.
not published yet
Δ to public pocExploit code has been published by someone. Source signals can also carry a PoC (Proof of Concept).
–
Δ to kevAttacks confirmed in the real world.
–

outcome

Contextual: an exploit technique exists, but no deterministic check could cover this one.

source signals

Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.

  1. 2026-10-08 15:01Z

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  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-vmc3-q32r-rv64",
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  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "awaiting_cve",
  "title": "Regular expression denial of service in dd-trace-go obfuscation",
  "summary": "Affected dd-trace-go HTTP tracing integrations process URL query strings with a default obfuscation expression that can use excessive CPU. An attacker able to supply query strings to traced requests may increase latency or make the application unavailable when query strings are included in URL span tags.",
  "mitigation": "Upgrade github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go and github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-go/v2 to version 2.11.1 or later. Until upgrading, set DD_TRACE_OBFUSCATION_QUERY_STRING_REGEXP to the corrected expression provided by the advisory and restart the application.",
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published 2026-10-08 15:33Z
last change 2026-10-21 04:45Z

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