CVE-2026-48496

opentelemetry-ebpf-profiler: Unprivileged process can trigger a denial of service on the ebpf-profiler agent

MEDIUM
6.2
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 09:16 PM UTC
Updated: September 25, 2026 at 02:37 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler

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Severity
MEDIUM6.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

OpenTelemetry eBPF Profiler is a production-scale agent for profiling applications across multiple programming languages. Starting in version 0.0.202527 and prior to version 0.0.202622, an unprivileged process can cause the profiler to open a nonregular mapping file, such as a FIFO, and block indefinitely, preventing further ELF analysis and causing a denial of service. Version 0.0.202622 contains a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Affected

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

v < 0.0.202622
Affected range stops below 0.0.202622, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

6.2MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-770

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