CVE-2026-44967 (GCVE-0-2026-44967)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-12 14:52 – Updated: 2026-06-12 16:10
VLAI
Title
opentelemetry-cpp: OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response
Summary
OpenTelemetry-cpp is the C++ implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to release 1.27.0, the OTLP HTTP exporters (traces/metrics/logs) read the full HTTP response into an in-memory vector of bytes 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 opentelemetry-cpp release 1.27.0.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-12 16:10 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
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