CVE-2026-81872

MEDIUM CVSS 4.0: 6.3 EPSS 0.30%
Updated Sep 17, 2026
Open-Telemetry
Parameter Value
CVSS 6.3 (MEDIUM)
Fixed In 0.21.0
Type CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), CWE-834
Vendor Open-Telemetry
Public PoC No

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to version 0.21.0, the go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log BatchingProcessor can enter a tight CPU loop when attacker-driven log emission fills its asynchronous export buffer while the exporter is backpressured. NewBatchingProcessor wraps the exporter with newBufferExporter(exporter, 1), and the poll loop calls queue.TryDequeue and bufferExporter.EnqueueExport before immediately signaling pollTrigger whenever the queue remains at or above batchSize. Because a failed nonblocking EnqueueExport leaves the queue length unchanged, the processor repeatedly retries without waiting for its ticker, exhausting CPU and degrading or denying service in the embedding process.

This issue is fixed in version 0.21.0.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
Present
Additional conditions required
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
None
No data leak
Integrity
None
No data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption

CVSS Vector v4.0

Vulnerable Products

open-telemetry:opentelemetry-go