CVE-2026-21728

Tempo query limit results in unbounded memory allocation

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 24, 2026 at 08:00 AM UTC
Updated: September 9, 2026 at 01:18 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsTempoCeph StorageOpenShift Distributed Tracing

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Tempo queries with large limits can cause large memory allocations which can impact the availability of the service, depending on its deployment strategy. Mitigation can be done by setting max_result_limit in the search config, e.g. to 262144 (2^18).

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Tempo· Grafanagrafana-plugin
95%
1.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.31.3.0 ≤ v < 2.8.42.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.10.12.10.0 ≤ v < 2.10.22.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.9.12.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.21.3.02.10.02.9.0
Affected range stops below 2.10.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.71.0.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 3 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (9)

Vendor AdvisoryBroken Link
Source: cverecord
https://grafana.com/security/security-advisories/cve-2026-21728
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21769
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22347
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22423
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23345
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24503
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-21728
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461395

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGRAFANA
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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