CVE-2026-81869

Public on 2026-09-16
Modified on 2026-09-22
Description
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.10.0 until 1.33.0, the sdk/trace/span.go attribute truncation path can fail to enforce AttributeValueLengthLimit for string and string-slice attributes containing the valid Unicode replacement character U+FFFD. safeTruncateValidUTF8 treats the valid replacement rune as invalid UTF-8 and returns the original input, while strings.ToValidUTF8 leaves that valid rune unchanged, so a second safeTruncate attempt can also return the oversized value. An attacker who controls span attribute content can retain values longer than the configured limit, increasing per-span memory use and weakening denial-of-service protection in the instrumented process. This issue is fixed in version 1.33.0.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core amazon-cloudwatch-agent Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 amazon-cloudwatch-agent Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview amazon-cloudwatch-agent Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra containerd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra containerd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra containerd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 containerd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview containerd Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core cri-tools Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Aws-nitro-enclaves-cli Extra docker Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra docker Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra docker Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 docker Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview docker Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra runfinch-finch Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 runfinch-finch Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview runfinch-finch Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L