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SCA: security update for io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api (GHSA-ccrj-gw8r-854m)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477819

Description

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

 - opentelemetry-java is the Java implementation of the OpenTelemetry API for recording telemetry, and SDK
 for managing telemetry recorded by the API. Prior to 1.67.0, W3CTraceContextPropagator.extract() uses
 regex delimiter processing that can exhibit quadratic backtracking while parsing tracestate headers
 containing long runs of spaces or tabs without a following comma. An unauthenticated attacker whose
 headers reach extraction can repeatedly block request or event-loop threads and cause excessive CPU
 consumption, with practical impact bounded by ingress header-size limits, proxy configuration, and
 threading. This issue is fixed in version 1.67.0. (CVE-2026-118259)

Solution

Update the io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api library and its related packages to version 1.67.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ccrj-gw8r-854m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 477819

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-118259

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-118259