CVE-2026-45676

OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Unsafe fastelf parsing allows malformed ELF to crash agent

Published Jun 2, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. Prior to version 0.9.0, OBI's replacement ELF parser trusts section offsets, counts, and string offsets from the executable file. A crafted local ELF can make OBI dereference invalid section pointers or slice past string tables, causing the agent to panic while determining the process language. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wp73-mwgf-4jq9 OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Unsafe fastelf parsing allows malformed ELF to crash agent
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry ebpf Instrumentation
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:ebpf_instrumentation:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products 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
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. Prior to version 0.9.0, OBI's replacement ELF parser trusts section offsets, counts, and string offsets from the executable file. A crafted local ELF can make OBI dereference invalid section pointers or slice past string tables, causing the agent to panic while determining the process language. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.
Title OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Unsafe fastelf parsing allows malformed ELF to crash agent
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-248
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 2, 2026, 5:34 PM
Reserved
May 12, 2026, 9:59 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 2, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jul 22, 2026, 7:10 PM