CVE-2026-24051 HIGH

CVE-2026-24051: OpenTelemetry-Go Affected by Arbitrary Code Execution via PATH Hijacking

Vendor Open-Telemetry
Product opentelemetry-go
Weakness CWE-426
Published February 2, 2026
Last update February 3, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 2, 2026 CVE published
February 3, 2026 Record updated