OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. In OpenTelemetry.Api 0.5.0-beta.2 to 1.15.2 and OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators 1.3.1 to 1.15.2, The implementation details of the baggage, B3 and Jaeger processing code in the OpenTelemetry.Api and OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators NuGet packages can allocate excessive memory when parsing which could create a potential denial of service (DoS) in the consuming application. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.3.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g94r-2vxg-569j OpenTelemetry dotnet: Excessive memory allocation when parsing OpenTelemetry propagation headers
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Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. In OpenTelemetry.Api 0.5.0-beta.2 to 1.15.2 and OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators 1.3.1 to 1.15.2, The implementation details of the baggage, B3 and Jaeger processing code in the OpenTelemetry.Api and OpenTelemetry.Extensions.Propagators NuGet packages can allocate excessive memory when parsing which could create a potential denial of service (DoS) in the consuming application. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.15.3.
Title OpenTelemetry dotnet: Excessive memory allocation when parsing OpenTelemetry propagation headers
Weaknesses CWE-789
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-23T19:22:47.268Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T16:37:22.766Z

Link: CVE-2026-40894

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Updated: 2026-04-23T19:22:42.774Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-23T19:17:28.810

Modified: 2026-04-23T19:17:28.810

Link: CVE-2026-40894

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