CVE-2026-48504
MEDIUMOpenTelemetry Rust: Unbounded memory allocation in W3C Baggage propagation
Title source: cnaDescription
OpenTelemetry Rust is the Rust OpenTelemetry implementation. In 0.32.0 and earlier, BaggagePropagator::extract_with_context in opentelemetry_sdk did not enforce W3C Baggage size limits before parsing an inbound baggage header, so a large attacker-controlled header could cause unnecessary CPU work and short-lived heap allocations while parsing entries later discarded by the SDK's baggage storage limits. Services that accept untrusted inbound propagation headers may experience increased per-request resource usage when processing oversized baggage headers. This issue is fixed in version 0.32.1.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/security/advisories/GHSA-w9wp-h8wv-79jx
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/commit/a389ca6b3e416416bc8fc9b01cf6076b9182ed14
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0030
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (1)
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust
< 0.32.1
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 18, 2026