CVE-2026-24051

ADVISORY - github

Summary

Impact

The OpenTelemetry Go SDK in version v1.20.0-1.39.0 is vulnerable to Path Hijacking (Untrusted Search Paths) on macOS/Darwin systems. The resource detection code in sdk/resource/host_id.go executes the ioreg system command using a search path. An attacker with the ability to locally modify the PATH environment variable can achieve Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) within the context of the application.

Patches

This has been patched in d45961b, which was released with v1.40.0.

References

CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00011 (0.012)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-426⁠

Untrusted Search Path

ADVISORY - github

CWE-426⁠

Untrusted Search Path

Impacted images

Advisories

GitHub

CREATED

3 months ago

UPDATED

2 months ago

ADVISORY IDGHSA-9h8m-3fm2-qjrq⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.0

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-426⁠

CVSS SCORE

7high

Package	Type	OS Name	OS Version	Affected Ranges	Fix Versions
go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk	golang	-	-	>=1.21.0,<1.40.0	1.40.0

CVSS:3 Severity and metrics

The CVSS metrics represent different qualitative aspects of a vulnerability that impact the overall score, as defined by the CVSS Specification⁠.

The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker's path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: The attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., using social engineering techniques to trick a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).

A successful attack depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control, requiring investing a measurable amount of effort in research, preparation, or execution against the vulnerable component before a successful attack.

The attacker requires privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.

The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any user.

An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.

There is a total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact. For example, an attacker steals the administrator's password, or private encryption keys of a web server.

There is a total loss of integrity, or a complete loss of protection. For example, the attacker is able to modify any or all files protected by the impacted component. Alternatively, only some files can be modified, but malicious modification would present a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

There is a total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

NIST

CREATED

CREATED

1 month ago

UPDATED

1 month ago

ADVISORY ID

MINI-xx28-f373-3fcm

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

CVE-2026-24051

Summary

Impact

Patches

References

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-426⁠

CWE-426⁠

Advisories

GitHub

CVSS SCORE

Attack Vector (AV)Local

Attack Complexity (AC)High

Privileges Required (PR)Low

User Interaction (UI)None

Scope (S)Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)High

Integrity (I)High

Availability (A)High

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