Path Hijacking Vulnerability in OpenTelemetry Go SDK for macOS
CVE-2026-24051

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Open-telemetry

Status
Opentelemetry-go
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 February 2026

What is CVE-2026-24051?

The OpenTelemetry-Go SDK versions v1.20.0 to v1.39.0 contains a vulnerability that allows path hijacking on macOS/Darwin systems. The code responsible for resource detection executes the 'ioreg' system command with a user-defined search path. This presents an opportunity for local attackers to modify the PATH environment variable, which could lead to arbitrary code execution within the application context. Users are highly encouraged to update to version v1.40.0, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

opentelemetry-go >= 1.21.0, < 1.40.0

References

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/securi...
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https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go/commit...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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