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Medium 5.9Published Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2026-41078OpenTelemetry dotnet: Potential memory exhaustion via unbounded pooled-list sizing in Jaeger exporter conversion path

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It affects open-telemetry opentelemetry-dotnet and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

OpenTelemetry dotnet is a dotnet telemetry framework. In 1.6.0-rc.1 and earlier, OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger may allow sustained memory pressure when the internal pooled-list sizing grows based on a large observed span/tag set and that enlarged size is reused for subsequent allocations. Under high-cardinality or attacker-influenced telemetry input, this can increase memory consumption and potentially cause denial of service. There is no plan to fix this issue as OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger was deprecated in 2023.

CVSS
5.9 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-770
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
GitHub_M
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Apr 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
open-telemetry opentelemetry-dotnet
open_telemetry:opentelemetry_dotnet (from the name)
through 1.6.0-rc.1
CNA record
open-telemetry OpenTelemetry.Exporter.Jaeger
open_telemetry:opentelemetry.exporter.jaeger (from the name)
through 1.6.0-rc.1
CNA record
opentelemetry opentelemetry
opentelemetry:opentelemetry
before 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0
NVD

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The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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