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SCA: security update for go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk (GHSA-9h8m-3fm2-qjrq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437456

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. The OpenTelemetry Go SDK in version
 v1.20.0-1.39.0 is vulnerable to Path Hijacking (Untrusted Search Paths) on macOS/Darwin systems. The
 resource detection code in sdk/resource/host_id.go executes the ioreg system command using a search path.
 An attacker with the ability to locally modify the PATH environment variable can achieve Arbitrary Code
 Execution (ACE) within the context of the application. A fix was released with v1.40.0. (CVE-2026-24051)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9h8m-3fm2-qjrq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437456

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/3/2026

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.96

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24051

cwe: CWE-426