GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-fq3f-m5qm-99f5 OpenTelemetry Javaagent RMI context propagation allows resource exhaustion
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-54712
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-29
Affected packages
• Maven io.opentelemetry.javaagent:opentelemetry-javaagent: < 2.27.0 → fixed in 2.27.0
Description
The RMI context propagation payload reader limits the number of context entries but does not limit the aggregate size of the strings read from the stream.
An attacker who can reach an RMI endpoint on an instrumented JVM can send an oversized context propagation payload. This can cause excessive memory allocation while the JVM reads the payload, potentially leading to denial of service.
The issue affects only deployments where RMI instrumentation is enabled and an RMI endpoint is network-reachable.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-54712 OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation provides OpenTelemetry auto-instrumentation and instrumentation libraries for Java. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/security/advisories/GHSA-fq3f-m5qm-99f5 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54712 advisory
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/17870 web
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/commit/6ef18806d5daa4913619e4cb33d2d7ed6a853c22 web
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation package
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/releases/tag/v2.27.0 web