CVE-2026-41433

OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Privileged Java agent injection allows arbitrary host file overwrite via untrusted TMPDIR

Published Apr 24, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. From 0.4.0 to before 0.8.0, a flaw in the Java agent injection path allows a local attacker controlling a Java workload to overwrite arbitrary host files when Java injection is enabled and OBI is running with elevated privileges. The injector trusted TMPDIR from the target process and used unsafe file creation semantics, enabling both filesystem boundary escape and symlink-based file clobbering. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.0.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8gmg-3w2q-65f4 OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Privileged Java agent injection allows arbitrary host file overwrite via untrusted TMPDIR
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry opentelemetry Ebpf Instrumentation
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry_ebpf_instrumentation:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry opentelemetry Ebpf Instrumentation
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. From 0.4.0 to before 0.8.0, a flaw in the Java agent injection path allows a local attacker controlling a Java workload to overwrite arbitrary host files when Java injection is enabled and OBI is running with elevated privileges. The injector trusted TMPDIR from the target process and used unsafe file creation semantics, enabling both filesystem boundary escape and symlink-based file clobbering. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.0.
Title OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Privileged Java agent injection allows arbitrary host file overwrite via untrusted TMPDIR
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 25, 2026, 1:52 AM
Reserved
Apr 20, 2026, 3:32 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 24, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 10:10 PM