Improper Certificate Validation Affecting kots package, versions <1.131.8-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-KOTS-19946065
  • published19 Sept 2026
  • disclosed16 Sept 2026

Introduced: 16 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-81871  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-923  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi kots to version 1.131.8-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kots package and not the kots package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to version 0.21.0, the exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc package loads OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_LOGS_CERTIFICATE, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE, and related client certificate environment variables through loadEnvTLS into cfg.tlsCfg, but newGRPCDialOptions does not apply cfg.tlsCfg when creating gRPC transport credentials. The environment-only TLS path instead uses credentials.NewTLS with system roots and no configured client certificate, bypassing intended private CA pinning and mutual TLS unless the application also supplies WithTLSCredentials. A network attacker able to intercept or spoof the collector connection with a system-trusted certificate can read or alter log telemetry. This issue is fixed in version 0.21.0.

CVSS Base Scores

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