CVE-2026-39882CWE-789

OpenTelemetry-Go OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response bodies

Medium · published April 8, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00190 · 8.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-789 · Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Published
2026-04-08T20:24Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 APR 20:24Z
    OpenTelemetry-Go OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response bodies
    cvelistv5