Resource exhaustion in Open-Telemetry Opentelemetry-Ebpf-Instrumentation
CVE-2026-45682
OpenTelemetry eBPF Instrumentation provides eBPF instrumentation based on the OpenTelemetry standard. Prior to version 0.9.0, the custom CappedConcurrentHashMap introduced for Java TLS state tracking never removes keys from its insertion-order queue when entries are deleted. In long-running instrumented JVMs, repeated connection churn can therefore grow the queue without bound and exhaust heap memory. This issue has been patched in version 0.9.0.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (5.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/security/advisorie… (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ebpf-instrumentation/releases/tag/v0.9.0 (Product, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-45682?
- CVE-2026-45682 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-Telemetry Opentelemetry-Ebpf-Instrumentation, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2026-06-02.
- How severe is CVE-2026-45682?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.