CVE-2026-45680

OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Unbounded BPF internal metrics replay can exhaust CPU

Published Jun 2, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 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 replays BPF probe hits into histogram observations by looping once per recorded run count. On busy systems, the run-count delta can become very large, causing the metrics exporter to spend excessive CPU time in a tight loop every collection interval. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-89c6-vpcj-7vj4 OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Unbounded BPF internal metrics replay can exhaust CPU
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 replays BPF probe hits into histogram observations by looping once per recorded run count. On busy systems, the run-count delta can become very large, causing the metrics exporter to spend excessive CPU time in a tight loop every collection interval. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.
Title OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation: Unbounded BPF internal metrics replay can exhaust CPU
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-834
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 3, 2026, 1:47 PM
Reserved
May 12, 2026, 9:59 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 2, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jul 22, 2026, 7:10 PM