Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting opentelemetry_sdk package, versions <0.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-OPENTELEMETRYSDK-17661114
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-48504  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade opentelemetry_sdk to version 0.32.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the BaggagePropagator::extract_with_context process when handling inbound baggage headers. An attacker can cause excessive memory and CPU resource consumption by sending oversized headers, potentially leading to service disruption.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1