CVE-2026-24051 (GCVE-0-2026-24051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 19:49 – Updated: 2026-02-03 14:54
VLAI
Title
OpenTelemetry-Go Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution via PATH Hijacking
Summary
OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. 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. A fix was released with v1.40.0.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-03 14:53 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
open-telemetry opentelemetry-go Affected: >= 1.21.0, < 1.40.0
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