CVE-2026-39882
Published:April 08, 2026
Updated:April 20, 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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v1.43.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.43.0go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20210622184517-d5d4c87f6d25 <v1.43.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.43.0go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20210612183922-3be9813d56ff <v1.43.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.43.0go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20210622184517-d5d4c87f6d25 <v1.43.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.43.0go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20210612183922-3be9813d56ff <v1.43.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.43.0go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v0.0.0-20240404210418-6394b029fe74 <v0.19.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.19.0Related ResourcesĀ (5)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
EPSS
Base Score:
0.02