CVE-2026-48496

opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent

Published Sep 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler is a production-scale agent for profiling applications across multiple programming languages. Starting in version 0.0.202527 and prior to version 0.0.202622, an unprivileged process can cause the profiler to open a nonregular mapping file, such as a FIFO, and block indefinitely, preventing further ELF analysis and causing a denial of service. Version 0.0.202622 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f2r5-5m7w-p5cx opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler is a production-scale agent for profiling applications across multiple programming languages. Starting in version 0.0.202527 and prior to version 0.0.202622, an unprivileged process can cause the profiler to open a nonregular mapping file, such as a FIFO, and block indefinitely, preventing further ELF analysis and causing a denial of service. Version 0.0.202622 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Title opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 14, 2026, 7:55 PM
Reserved
May 21, 2026, 3:33 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 11, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Sep 25, 2026, 2:23 PM