CVE-2026-81869
Publication date 18 September 2026
Last updated 18 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.10.0 until 1.33.0, the sdk/trace/span.go attribute truncation path can fail to enforce AttributeValueLengthLimit for string and string-slice attributes containing the valid Unicode replacement character U+FFFD. safeTruncateValidUTF8 treats the valid replacement rune as invalid UTF-8 and returns the original input, while strings.ToValidUTF8 leaves that valid rune unchanged, so a second safeTruncate attempt can also return the oversized value. An attacker who controls span attribute content can retain values longer than the configured limit, increasing per-span memory use and weakening denial-of-service protection in the instrumented process. This issue is fixed in version 1.33.0.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| golang-opentelemetry-otel | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v4.0
Base score
5.1 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81869
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/commit/e016a78c9f5b24a1c2beeaad47686c2f2213f49a
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/issues/5996
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/pull/5997
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/releases/tag/sdk/v1.33.0
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-p9f8-wvj8-2fg8