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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w8rr-5gcm-pp58 opentelemetry-go: OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response bodies
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History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry opentelemetry
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry opentelemetry

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title OpenTelemetry-Go OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response bodies
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T20:22:03.109Z

Reserved: 2026-04-07T20:32:03.010Z

Link: CVE-2026-39882

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T20:21:56.599Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-08T21:17:00.547

Modified: 2026-04-09T18:39:55.730

Link: CVE-2026-39882

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T09:40:34Z

Weaknesses