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Echo: multiple go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp packages: security update to 0.19.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459253

Description

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

 - 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.
 (CVE-2026-39882)

Solution

Update the go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploghttp library and its related packages to version 0.19.0 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-39882

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 459253

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39882

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39882