Medium severity · published May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-41310
OpenTelemetry .NET Zipkin exporter has unbounded remote endpoint cache leading to memory growth
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Zipkin is the .NET Zipkin exporter for OpenTelemetry. In versions 1.15.2 and earlier, the Zipkin exporter remote endpoint cache accepts unbounded key growth derived from span attributes. In high-cardinality scenarios, a process using Zipkin export for client or producer spans could experience avoidable memory growth under sustained unique remote endpoint values, increasing process memory usage over time and degrading availability. This issue is fixed in version 1.15.3, which introduces a bounded, thread-safe LRU cache for remote endpoints with a fixed maximum size.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
opentelemetry-dotnet · open-telemetry
<= 1.15.2 · source: vendor
OP
Opentelemetry.exporter.zipkin · Opentelemetry
before 1.15.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41310
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41310
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/7081
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/security/advisories/GHSA-88hf-wf7h-7w4m
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