What is CVE-2024-36129?

CVE-2024-36129 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Telemetry Opentelemetry-Collector, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2024-06-05.

How severe is CVE-2024-36129?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Open-Telemetry Opentelemetry-Collector

CVE-2024-36129

The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data. An unsafe decompression vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the collector via excessive memory consumption. OTel Collector version 0.102.1 fixes this issue. It is also fixed in the confighttp module version 0.102.0 and configgrpc module version 0.102.1.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (59.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Open-telemetry Opentelemetry-collector — versions < 0.102.1
Opentelemetry Configgrpc
Opentelemetry Confighttp
Opentelemetry Opentelemetry_collector

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36129?: CVE-2024-36129 is a high-severity vulnerability in Open-Telemetry Opentelemetry-Collector, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2024-06-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-36129?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.