What is CVE-2026-54712?

CVE-2026-54712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-telemetry Opentelemetry-java-instrumentation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-01.

How severe is CVE-2026-54712?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Open-telemetry Opentelemetry-java-instrumentation

CVE-2026-54712

OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation provides OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation and instrumentation libraries for Java. In versions prior to 2.27.0, the RMI context propagation payload reader limits the number of context entries but does no…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Open-telemetry Opentelemetry-java-instrumentation — versions < 2.27.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-54712?: CVE-2026-54712 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open-telemetry Opentelemetry-java-instrumentation, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-54712?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.