GHSA-9h8m-3fm2-qjrq
OpenTelemetry Go SDK Vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via PATH Hijacking
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-24051
- Aliases
- GO-2026-4394
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
### Impact The OpenTelemetry Go SDK in version `v1.20.0`-`1.39.0` is vulnerable to Path Hijacking (Untrusted Search Paths) on macOS/Darwin systems. The resource detection code in `sdk/resource/host_id.go` executes the `ioreg` system command using a search path. An attacker with the ability to locally modify the PATH environment variable can achieve Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) within the context of the application. ### Patches This has been patched in [d45961b](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/commit/d45961bcda453fcbdb6469c22d6e88a1f9970a53), which was released with `v1.40.0`. ### References - [CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html)
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Go · go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk | introduced 1.21.0, fixed 1.40.0 |
References
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/security/advisories/GHSA-9h8m-3fm2-qjrq WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24051 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/commit/d45961bcda453fcbdb6469c22d6e88a1f9970a53 WEB
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go PACKAGE
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4394 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |