CVE-2026-29181

OpenTelemetry-Go multi-value `baggage` header extraction causes excessive allocations (remote dos amplification)

Published Apr 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From 1.36.0 to 1.40.0, multi-value baggage: header extraction parses each header field-value independently and aggregates members across values. This allows an attacker to amplify cpu and allocations by sending many baggage: header lines, even when each individual value is within the 8192-byte per-value parse limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.41.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-mh2q-q3fh-2475 OpenTelemetry-Go: multi-value `baggage` header extraction causes excessive allocations (remote dos amplification)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry opentelemetry
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry opentelemetry
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-go
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From 1.36.0 to 1.40.0, multi-value baggage: header extraction parses each header field-value independently and aggregates members across values. This allows an attacker to amplify cpu and allocations by sending many baggage: header lines, even when each individual value is within the 8192-byte per-value parse limit. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.41.0.
Title OpenTelemetry-Go multi-value `baggage` header extraction causes excessive allocations (remote dos amplification)
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 12:04 PM
Reserved
Mar 4, 2026, 2:44 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 7, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Sep 11, 2026, 1:17 PM