CVE-2026-44967

medium

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-w8rr-5gcm-pp58

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-5qhm-4rfp-qqvj

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/4078

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/issues/3958

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-12

Updated: 2026-06-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002