CVE-2026-42602

azureauthextension Authenticate method does not validate bearer tokens, allowing auth bypass via replay

Published May 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
azureauthextension is the Azure Authenticator Extension. From 0.124.0 to 0.150.0, a server-side authentication bypass in azureauthextension allows any party who holds a single valid Azure access token for any scope the collector's configured identity can mint for to authenticate to any OpenTelemetry receiver that uses auth: azure_auth. The extension's Authenticate method does not validate incoming bearer tokens as JWTs. Instead, it calls its own configured credential to obtain an access token and compares the client's token to the result with string equality — and the scope for that server-side token request is taken from the client-supplied Host header. As a result, a token minted for any Azure resource the service principal has ever been issued a token for (ARM, Graph, Key Vault, Storage, etc.) will authenticate to the collector if the attacker picks a matching Host. Tokens are replayable for the full issued lifetime (commonly several hours for managed identity tokens).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pjv4-3c63-699f opentelemetry-collector-contrib's azureauthextension Authenticate method does not validate bearer tokens, allowing auth bypass via replay
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry_collector_contrib:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
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Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry Collector Contrib
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
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Description azureauthextension is the Azure Authenticator Extension. From 0.124.0 to 0.150.0, a server-side authentication bypass in azureauthextension allows any party who holds a single valid Azure access token for any scope the collector's configured identity can mint for to authenticate to any OpenTelemetry receiver that uses auth: azure_auth. The extension's Authenticate method does not validate incoming bearer tokens as JWTs. Instead, it calls its own configured credential to obtain an access token and compares the client's token to the result with string equality — and the scope for that server-side token request is taken from the client-supplied Host header. As a result, a token minted for any Azure resource the service principal has ever been issued a token for (ARM, Graph, Key Vault, Storage, etc.) will authenticate to the collector if the attacker picks a matching Host. Tokens are replayable for the full issued lifetime (commonly several hours for managed identity tokens).
Title azureauthextension Authenticate method does not validate bearer tokens, allowing auth bypass via replay
Weaknesses CWE-208
CWE-287
CWE-290
CWE-294
CWE-347
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 14, 2026, 12:52 PM
Reserved
Apr 29, 2026, 12:31 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 13, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 2:10 PM