Medium severity · published Jun 12, 2026
CVE-2026-44967
opentelemetry-cpp: OTLP HTTP exporters read unbounded HTTP response
5.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenTelemetry-cpp is the C++ implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to release 1.27.0, the OTLP HTTP exporters (traces/metrics/logs) read the full HTTP response into an in-memory vector of bytes without a size cap. This is exploitable for memory exhaustion when the configured collector endpoint is attacker-controlled (or a network attacker can MITM the exporter connection). This vulnerability is fixed in opentelemetry-cpp release 1.27.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
opentelemetry-cpp · open-telemetry
< 1.27.0 · source: vendor
OP
Opentelemetry · Opentelemetry
before 1.27.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44967
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44967
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/issues/3958
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/pull/4078
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/security/advisories/GHSA-5qhm-4rfp-qqvj
Not Applicable
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-w8rr-5gcm-pp58
