CVE-2026-81870

low

Description

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.5.0 to 1.44.0, sdk/trace.NewTracerProvider emits a TracerProvider created internal Info-level diagnostic event whose MarshalLog implementations recursively include span processor, exporter, and client configuration. Applications that call otel.SetLogger to enable OpenTelemetry internal Info logging can therefore record OTLP gRPC and HTTP collector endpoints, the OTLP HTTP Insecure flag, and complete Zipkin collector URLs. A person or system with access to those logs can learn internal collector topology and can recover credentials or tokens embedded in Zipkin URL user information or query strings. The default OpenTelemetry logger does not emit the event, and this path does not log OTLP authentication headers, TLS key material, or span payloads. This issue is fixed in version 1.45.0.

References

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-8wmf-6v46-5gfg

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/sdk/v1.45.0

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/exporters/zipkin/v1.45.0

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/pull/8438

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/commit/3a1412d2b3bc4e4231fbeac2ed42117ae541bb38

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-16

Updated: 2026-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00187