CVE-2026-112006

OpenTelemetry opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http 1.5.0 before 1.45.0 contains an improper certificate validation vulnerability that disables TLS verification when OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_CERTIFICATE variables are empty strings. Man-in-the-middle attackers can impersonate the collector to read or alter exported traces, metrics, and logs, including authentication headers from OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_HEADERS.

CVSS 4.0

8.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 11% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-295

Published

2026-10-18

Modified

2026-10-19

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

References

• https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/blob/v1.44.0/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py#L170-L185
• https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/blob/v1.44.0/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http/src/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto/http/trace_exporter/__init__.py#L93-L96
• https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/commit/89cc68b9ea7e15969b4f042d63397bdc74a3d60e
• https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.45.0
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/opentelemetry-opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http-1.5.0-before-1.45.0-improper-certificate-validation

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