CVE-2026-55701 OpenTelemetry githubreceiver silently ignores configured required_headers authentication

The OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib repository contains components for the OpenTelemetry Collector. Prior to 0.151.0, the githubreceiver validates the receiver/githubreceiver/config.go RequiredHeaders configuration at startup, but receiver/githubreceiver/tracereceiver.go handleReq does not check...

GO-2026-5690 opentelemetry-collector-contrib: githubreceiver silently ignores configured required_headers authentication in github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/githubreceiver

opentelemetry-collector-contrib: githubreceiver silently ignores configured requiredheaders authentication in github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/githubreceiver...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the handleReq function. An attacker can inject unauthorized webhook payloads by sending requests that bypass the intended authentication mechanism, introducing fake CI/CD trace data into the observability...

GHSA-W5CV-PW74-4RXC opentelemetry-collector-contrib: githubreceiver silently ignores configured required_headers authentication

githubreceiver Silently Ignores Configured requiredheaders Authentication Summary The githubreceiver webhook handler does not enforce the requiredheaders configuration. Headers are validated at startup config rejects empty keys/values but never checked on incoming requests. This follows the same...

opentelemetry-collector-contrib: githubreceiver silently ignores configured required_headers authentication

githubreceiver Silently Ignores Configured requiredheaders Authentication Summary The githubreceiver webhook handler does not enforce the requiredheaders configuration. Headers are validated at startup config rejects empty keys/values but never checked on incoming requests. This follows the same...

PT-2026-50743

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions opentelemetry-collector-contrib affected versions not specified Description The githubreceiver webhook handler fails to enforce the required headers configuration. While these headers are validated during startup, they are not checked on...