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SCA: security update for go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk (GHSA-hfvc-g4fc-pqhx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440042

Description

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

 - OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From 1.15.0 to 1.42.0, the fix for
 CVE-2026-24051 changed the Darwin ioreg command to use an absolute path but left the BSD kenv command
 using a bare name, allowing the same PATH hijacking attack on BSD and Solaris platforms. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 1.43.0. (CVE-2026-39883)

Solution

Update the go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk library and its related packages to version 1.43.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfvc-g4fc-pqhx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 440042

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/8/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 6.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39883

cwe: CWE-426