Medium severity · published Oct 18, 2026
CVE-2026-112006
OpenTelemetry opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http 1.5.0 before 1.45.0 Improper Certificate Validation
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenTelemetry opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http 1.5.0 before 1.45.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that disables TLS verification when OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE variables are empty strings. Man-in-the-middle attackers can impersonate the collector to read or alter exported traces, metrics, and logs, including authentication headers from OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http · OpenTelemetry
1.5.0 before 1.45.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
OP
opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http
OpenTelemetry
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112006
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-112006
github.com
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/blob/v1.44.0/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py#L170-L185
github.com
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/blob/v1.44.0/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py#L93-L96
github.com
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/commit/89cc68b9ea7e15969b4f042d63397bdc74a3d60e
github.com
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.45.0
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opentelemetry-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http-1.5.0-before-1.45.0-improper-certificate-validation
