CVE-2026-44967 PUBLISHED

opentelemetry-cpp: OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 08.05.2026 Published: 12.06.2026 Updated: 12.06.2026

OpenTelemetry-cpp is the C++ implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to release 1.27.0, the OTLP HTTP exporters (traces/metrics/logs) read the full HTTP response into an in-memory vector of bytes 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 opentelemetry-cpp release 1.27.0.

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-cpp
Versions
  • Version < 1.27.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

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