CVE-2026-39882 PUBLISHED

OpenTelemetry-Go OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response bodies

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 07.04.2026 Published: 08.04.2026 Updated: 08.04.2026

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to 1.43.0, the otlp HTTP exporters (traces/metrics/logs) read the full HTTP response body into an in-memory bytes.Buffer without a size cap. This is exploitable for memory exhaustion when the configured collector endpoint is attacker-controlled (or a network attacker can mitm the exporter connection). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.43.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor open-telemetry
Product opentelemetry-go
Versions
  • Version < 1.43.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE