CVE-2026-54285

MEDIUM

opentelemetry-js: Unbounded memory allocation in W3C Baggage propagation

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

opentelemetry-js is the OpenTelemetry JavaScript Client. Prior to 2.8.0, W3CBaggagePropagator.extract() in @opentelemetry/core does not enforce size limits when parsing inbound baggage HTTP headers. The W3C Baggage specification recommends a maximum of 8,192 bytes and 180 entries; these limits were only enforced on the outbound (inject()) path, not on the inbound (extract()) path. Parsing oversized baggage causes memory allocation proportional to the header size without any cap. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.8.0.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 27.0%
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-js < 2.8.0
Published Jun 22, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 22, 2026