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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-33728"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-03-27T00:25:56.444Z"
updatedAt: "2026-03-27T19:57:29.854Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:08.712Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-33728"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-33728.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33728"
title: "dd-trace-java: Unsafe deserialization in RMI instrumentation may lead to remote code execution"
summary: "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 \u003e= 17, no action is required, but upgrading is strongly encouraged. For JDK \u003e= 8u121 \u003c JDK 17, upgrade to dd-trace-java version 1.60.3 or later. For JDK \u003c 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`."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003e= 0.40.0, \u003c 1.60.3","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"DataDog","product":"dd-trace-java"}]

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