GHSA-8988-4F7V-96QF OpenTelemetry Core: Unbounded memory allocation in W3C Baggage propagation

Overview W3CBaggagePropagator.extract in @opentelemetry/core does not enforce size limits when parsing inbound baggage HTTP headers. The W3C Baggage specification recommends a maximum of 8,192 bytes and 180 entries; these limits were only enforced on the outbound inject path, not on the inbound...

OpenTelemetry Core: Unbounded memory allocation in W3C Baggage propagation

Overview W3CBaggagePropagator.extract in @opentelemetry/core does not enforce size limits when parsing inbound baggage HTTP headers. The W3C Baggage specification recommends a maximum of 8,192 bytes and 180 entries; these limits were only enforced on the outbound inject path, not on the inbound...

PT-2026-49598

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions @opentelemetry/core versions prior to 2.8.0 Description The W3CBaggagePropagator.extract function in @opentelemetry/core fails to enforce size limits when parsing inbound baggage HTTP headers. While the W3C Baggage specification recommends a...

PT-2026-41161

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions opentelemetry-java versions prior to 1.62.0 Description A flaw in the baggage propagation implementation within opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators allows for unbounded memory allocation and CPU consumption when...