CVE-2024-36129
What it is
The OpenTelemetry Collector offers a vendor-agnostic implementation on how to receive, process and export telemetry data. An unsafe decompression vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the collector via excessive memory consumption. OTel Collector version 0.102.1 fixes this issue. It is also fixed in the confighttp module version 0.102.0 and configgrpc module version 0.102.1.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 1.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.2 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 1.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-119 · Buffer errors
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Opentelemetry Configgrpc < 0.102.1
- Opentelemetry Confighttp < 0.102.0
- Opentelemetry Collector < 0.102.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.2
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v
- https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v
- https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129
References
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v
- https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10289
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/10323
- https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/security/advisories/GHSA-c74f-6mfw-mm4v
- https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2024/cve-2024-36129