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CVE-2026-118259GHSA-ccrj-gw8r-854m

opentelemetry-java: Quadratic CPU consumption in W3C tracestate parsing

open-telemetry opentelemetry-java
CVSS
5.3Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.

Description

opentelemetry-java is the Java implementation of the OpenTelemetry API for recording telemetry, and SDK for managing telemetry recorded by the API. Prior to 1.67.0, W3CTraceContextPropagator.extract() uses regex delimiter processing that can exhibit quadratic backtracking while parsing tracestate headers containing long runs of spaces or tabs without a following comma. An unauthenticated attacker whose headers reach extraction can repeatedly block request or event-loop threads and cause excessive CPU consumption, with practical impact bounded by ingress header-size limits, proxy configuration, and threading. This issue is fixed in version 1.67.0.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • opentelemetry-javaaffected: < 1.67.0CVE List

References 5