# CVE-2026-44964: Missing authorization in Android App

> A malicious co-installed app can launch an exported activity to execute arbitrary intents and forge on-call acknowledgments within the Datadog process.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jcqx-89jm-9vxr

## What is CVE-2026-44964?

CVE-2026-44964 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Datadog Android App, published on 7 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In versions of the Datadog Android application prior to v545-5.9.2, OnCallNotificationActivity is declared exported with no permission guard. A co-installed application can launch it with attacker-controlled Intent extras, including a full-screen lock-screen message, an arbitrary on-call page ID, and an arbitrary Intent to run inside the Datadog process.
This requires:
A malicious application co-installed on the victim's device.
An active Datadog session in the Android app.
Impact: After a single tap on the Acknowledge button, the app sends a forged on-call acknowledgement to the backend under the victim's session, launches the attacker-supplied Intent from within the Datadog process (reaching otherwise non-exported components), and turns on the screen while dismissing the keyguard.

Weakness: CWE-441 (Unintended Proxy or Intermediary)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44964?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-44964?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-44964 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-44964 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-44964 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Datadog Android App, published on 7 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44964 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Datadog Android App. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44964/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44964/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44964
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44964
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44964

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44964/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.