CVE-2026-128086

OpenTelemetry-Go: Eager W3C baggage-property materialization causes bounded memory-allocation amplification

Published Nov 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.0.0-RC1 until version 1.47.0, baggage.Parse and propagation.Baggage.Extract eagerly materialize every W3C baggage property through parseMember, grow property slices, serialize members, and copy properties into internal/baggage.Item. A valid densely populated baggage header can therefore cause allocation traffic and retained memory disproportionate to its bounded input size. Remote impact requires baggage extraction to be enabled, attacker-controlled input to reach it, and extraction to run before authentication or on a public route; the evidence establishes increased allocation and garbage-collection pressure but not reliable process termination. This issue is fixed in version 1.47.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rrfc-gjm9-cgrj OpenTelemetry-Go: Eager W3C baggage-property materialization causes bounded memory-allocation amplification
History
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First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go
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Description OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.0.0-RC1 until version 1.47.0, baggage.Parse and propagation.Baggage.Extract eagerly materialize every W3C baggage property through parseMember, grow property slices, serialize members, and copy properties into internal/baggage.Item. A valid densely populated baggage header can therefore cause allocation traffic and retained memory disproportionate to its bounded input size. Remote impact requires baggage extraction to be enabled, attacker-controlled input to reach it, and extraction to run before authentication or on a public route; the evidence establishes increased allocation and garbage-collection pressure but not reliable process termination. This issue is fixed in version 1.47.0.
Title OpenTelemetry-Go: Eager W3C baggage-property materialization causes bounded memory-allocation amplification
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-405
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 13, 2026, 6:54 PM
Reserved
Nov 12, 2026, 9:24 PM
Status
Received
Published
Nov 13, 2026, 7:19 PM
Modified
Nov 13, 2026, 7:19 PM