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 1.62.0, a vulnerability affects the baggage propagation implementation in opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators. Parsing oversized baggage causes unbounded memory allocation and CPU consumption. Because baggage is automatically re-injected into every outgoing request, the effect can fan out to downstream services that never received the original malicious request. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.62.0.
Published: 2026-05-28
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rcgg-9c38-7xpx OpenTelemetry Java SDK has Unbounded Memory Allocation in W3C Baggage Propagation
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Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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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 1.62.0, a vulnerability affects the baggage propagation implementation in opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators. Parsing oversized baggage causes unbounded memory allocation and CPU consumption. Because baggage is automatically re-injected into every outgoing request, the effect can fan out to downstream services that never received the original malicious request. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.62.0.
Title opentelemetry-java: Unbounded Memory Allocation in W3C Baggage Propagation
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-05-28T17:27:14.164Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T20:14:43.201Z

Link: CVE-2026-45292

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-28T17:16:32.060

Modified: 2026-05-28T17:16:32.060

Link: CVE-2026-45292

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