CVE-2026-40182

OpenTelemetry dotnet: OTLP exporter reads unbounded HTTP response bodies

Published Apr 23, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. From 1.13.1 to before 1.15.2, When exporting telemetry to a back-end/collector over gRPC or HTTP using OpenTelemetry Protocol format (OTLP), if the request results in a unsuccessful request (i.e. HTTP 4xx or 5xx), the response is read into memory with no upper-bound on the number of bytes consumed. This could cause memory exhaustion in the consuming application if the configured back-end/collector endpoint is attacker-controlled (or a network attacker can MitM the connection) and an extremely large body is returned by the response. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-q834-8qmm-v933 OpenTelemetry dotnet: OTLP exporter reads unbounded HTTP response bodies
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry opentelemetry
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry:*:*:*:*:*:.net:*:*
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry opentelemetry
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-dotnet
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-dotnet
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. From 1.13.1 to before 1.15.2, When exporting telemetry to a back-end/collector over gRPC or HTTP using OpenTelemetry Protocol format (OTLP), if the request results in a unsuccessful request (i.e. HTTP 4xx or 5xx), the response is read into memory with no upper-bound on the number of bytes consumed. This could cause memory exhaustion in the consuming application if the configured back-end/collector endpoint is attacker-controlled (or a network attacker can MitM the connection) and an extremely large body is returned by the response. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.
Title OpenTelemetry dotnet: OTLP exporter reads unbounded HTTP response bodies
Weaknesses CWE-789
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2026, 6:38 PM
Reserved
Apr 9, 2026, 8:59 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 23, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 10:10 PM