Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2026· Updated Jul 20, 2026
OpenTelemetry Rust: Unbounded memory allocation in W3C Baggage propagation
CVE-2026-48504
Description
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.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
opentelemetry_sdkcrates.io | < 0.32.1 | 0.32.1 |
Affected products
11- Range: <=0.32.0
- osv-coords10 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/denopkg:apk/chainguard/linkerd2-proxypkg:apk/chainguard/mountpoint-s3pkg:apk/chainguard/parseablepkg:apk/chainguard/wasmcloudpkg:apk/wolfi/denopkg:apk/wolfi/linkerd2-proxypkg:apk/wolfi/mountpoint-s3pkg:apk/wolfi/parseablepkg:apk/wolfi/wasmcloud
< 2.9.2-r0+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.362.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22.3-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.2-r1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.362.0-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.22.3-r6
- (no CPE)range: < 2.9.4-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.2-r1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9wp-h8wv-79jxghsaADVISORY
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/commit/a389ca6b3e416416bc8fc9b01cf6076b9182ed14mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/security/advisories/GHSA-w9wp-h8wv-79jxghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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