OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OneCollector vulnerable to denial of service via unbounded HTTP error response body
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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-770.
Summary
OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OneCollector is a .NET exporter that sends telemetry to a OneCollector back-end over HTTP. In versions 1.15.0 and earlier, when a request to the configured back-end or collector results in an unsuccessful HTTP 4xx or 5xx response, the HttpJsonPostTransport class reads the entire response body into memory with no upper bound on the number of bytes consumed in order to include the error response in operator logs. 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, use network-level controls such as firewall rules, mTLS, or a service mesh to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks on the configured back-end or collector endpoint. This issue is fixed in version 1.15.1, which limits the number of bytes read from the response body in an error condition to 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 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OneCollector (NuGet) | before 1.15.1 | 1.15.1 | Patch available | GHSA-55m9-299j-53c7 |
- opentelemetry-dotnet-contrib Vendoropen-telemetry Affected up to 1.15.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OneCollector (NuGet) Vendor— Affected before 1.15.1 Fixed in 1.15.1 Patch available GHSA-55m9-299j-53c7
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry.exporter.onecollector:*:*:*:*:*:.net:*:* | up to 1.15.0 | Vulnerable | open-telemetry |
- cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry.exporter.onecollector:*:*:*:*:*:.net:*:* Versions up to 1.15.0 Vulnerable ·open-telemetry
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-55m9-299j-53c7 OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OneCollector (NuGet) Fixed in 1.15.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-41484
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-55m9-299j-53c7
References
Patch 2
Sources
- CVE-2026-41484 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-41484 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-55m9-299j-53c7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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