Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-18
Score: 8.3 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title OpenTelemetry opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-http 1.5.0 before 1.45.0 Improper Certificate Validation
First Time appeared Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry.exporter.opentelemetryprotocol
Weaknesses CWE-295
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:opentelemetry:opentelemetry.exporter.opentelemetryprotocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Opentelemetry
Opentelemetry opentelemetry.exporter.opentelemetryprotocol
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Opentelemetry Opentelemetry.exporter.opentelemetryprotocol
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-18T11:38:29.855Z

Reserved: 2026-10-18T01:23:32.220Z

Link: CVE-2026-112006

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-18T12:17:12.927

Modified: 2026-10-18T12:17:12.927

Link: CVE-2026-112006

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-18T13:00:11Z

Weaknesses