Datadog Android App up to 5.9.1 OnCallNotificationActivity AndroidManifest.xml permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Datadog Android App up to 5.9.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component OnCallNotificationActivity. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-44964. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Datadog Android App up to 5.9.1. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component OnCallNotificationActivity. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The OnCallNotificationActivity in the Datadog Android application is declared android:exported="true" in AndroidManifest.xml with no permission guard. Any co-installed application on the same device can launch it with attacker-controlled Intent extras: on_call_page_content (rendered as full-screen lock-screen text), page_id (used to enqueue an on-call Acknowledge worker), and on_call_page_intent, a Parcelable Intent that is passed through to startActivity from inside the Datadog process after a single user tap on the Acknowledge button. The activity enables lock-screen display (setShowWhenLocked) and wakes the device (setTurnScreenOn) on launch. After one user tap, three effects follow: (1) a forged Acknowledge request is sent to the Datadog backend for the attacker-chosen page_id using the victim's authenticated session; (2) the attacker-controlled Intent is launched from the Datadog process via startActivity, providing reach into non-exported components of com.datadog.app (confused-deputy pattern); (3) the keyguard is dismissed and the screen turned on, usable as a social-engineering or annoyance vector. Preconditions: a malicious application co-installed on the victim device and an active Datadog session in the Android app.

The advisory is shared for download at trust.datadoghq.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-44964 since 05/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

By approaching the search of inurl:AndroidManifest.xml it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 5.9.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Network Management Software

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• Datadog

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• Android App

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• 5.9.0
• 5.9.1

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