CVE-2026-45292

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.8%, top 48% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

opentelemetry-java is the Java implementation of the OpenTelemetry API for recording telemetry, and SDK for managing telemetry recorded by the API. Prior to 1.62.0, a vulnerability affects the baggage propagation implementation in opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators. Parsing oversized baggage causes unbounded memory allocation and CPU consumption. Because baggage is automatically re-injected into every outgoing request, the effect can fan out to downstream services that never received the original malicious request. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.62.0.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EPSS
53.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 28, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_pr, github_release, github.
github Patch Available

Unbounded Memory Allocation in W3C Baggage Propagation · Advisory · open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java · GitHub

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/security/advisories/GHSA-rcgg-9c38-7xpx
github_release Patch Available

Version 1.62.0

Patch available: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java v1.62.0

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/releases/tag/v1.62.0
github_pr Patch Available

Apply baggage limits

Patch available: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java v1.62.0 (PR #8380 merged 2026-05-08)

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/pull/8380
github_commit Patch Available

commit 03837d3c1763 (open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java)

Patch available: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java v1.62.0 (contains commit 03837d3c1763)

https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/commit/03837d3c1763bc35464aea1078671e2ef2336a5f

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatdevspaces/pluginregistry-rhel9:17829893672026-07-08redhat
redhatoffline-knowledge-portal/rhokp-rhel9:17822393702026-06-23redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api0.10.0 ... 1.9.1 (100 versions)1.62.0
io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators0.10.0 ... 1.9.1 (92 versions)1.62.0

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 42× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-16 02:54 UTCVendor advisory
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  14. 2026-07-11 19:50 UTCVendor advisory
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  17. 2026-07-08 18:06 UTCVendor advisory
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  24. 2026-07-02 10:32 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-01 02:53 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-29 19:41 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-06-28 17:30 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  10. 2026-06-27 18:05 UTCVendor advisory
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  12. 2026-06-26 16:45 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-06-25 16:04 UTCVendor advisory
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  15. 2026-06-24 16:36 UTCVendor advisory
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  56. 2026-05-28 16:47 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45292?
CVE-2026-45292 is a medium vulnerability published on May 28, 2026. opentelemetry-java is the Java implementation of the OpenTelemetry API for recording telemetry, and SDK for managing telemetry recorded by the API. Prior to 1.62.0, a vulnerability affects the baggage propagation implementation in opentelemetry-api and opentelemetry-extension-trace-propagators.…
When was CVE-2026-45292 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45292 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 28, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45292 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45292 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 53.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45292?
CVE-2026-45292 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45292?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45292, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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