Unbounded HTTP response body read in OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure is the .NET resource detector for Azure environments. In versions 1.15.0-beta.1 and earlier, the AzureVmMetaDataRequestor class makes HTTP requests to the Azure VM instance metadata service and reads the response body into memory without any size limit. An attacker who controls the configured endpoint, or who can intercept traffic to it via a man-in-the-middle attack, can return an arbitrarily large response body. This causes unbounded heap allocation in the consuming process, leading to high transient memory pressure, garbage-collection stalls, or an OutOfMemoryException that terminates the process. As a workaround, disable the Azure VM resource detector or use network-level controls such as firewall rules, mTLS, or a service mesh to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on the Azure VM instance metadata endpoint. This issue is fixed in version 1.15.1-beta.1, which streams responses rather than buffering them entirely in memory and ignores responses larger than 4 MiB.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-telemetry | opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib | up to 1.15.0-beta.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure (NuGet) | before 1.15.1-beta.1 | 1.15.1-beta.1 | Patch available | GHSA-vc24-j8c5-2vw4 |
- opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib Vendoropen-telemetry Affected up to 1.15.0-beta.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure (NuGet) Vendor— Affected before 1.15.1-beta.1 Fixed in 1.15.1-beta.1 Patch available GHSA-vc24-j8c5-2vw4
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry.resources.azure:*:*:*:*:*:.net:*:* | up to 1.15.0 | Vulnerable | open-telemetry |
- cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry.resources.azure:*:*:*:*:*:.net:*:* Versions up to 1.15.0 Vulnerable ·open-telemetry
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-vc24-j8c5-2vw4 OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure (NuGet) Fixed in 1.15.1-beta.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41483
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vc24-j8c5-2vw4
References
Patch 2
Sources
- CVE-2026-41483 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41483 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vc24-j8c5-2vw4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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