CVE-2026-40891
OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. From 1.13.1 to before 1.15.2, When exporting telemetry over gRPC using the OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP), the exporter may parse a server-provided grpc-status-details-bin trailer during retry handling. Prior to the fix, a malformed trailer could encode an extremely large length-delimited protobuf field which was used directly for allocation, allowing excessive memory allocation and potential denial of service (DoS). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.2.
Published:Apr 23, 2026
Last Modified:Apr 29, 2026
EPS:Apr 23, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00018
CVSS Score:5.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Opentelemetry
Product
Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry
Vendor
Opentelemetry
Product
Opentelemetry-dotnet
Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry-dotnet
Vendor
Opentelemetry
Product
Opentelemetry.exporter.opentelemetryprotocol
Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry.exporter.opentelemetryprotocol
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
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User Interaction
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Integrity
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