CVE-2026-81870

OpenTelemetry-Go: Exporter config logging may leak endpoint URLs in info logs

LOW
2
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 08:03 PM UTC
Updated: September 30, 2026 at 05:51 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpentelemetry

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Severity
LOW2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. From version 1.5.0 to 1.44.0, sdk/trace.NewTracerProvider emits a TracerProvider created internal Info-level diagnostic event whose MarshalLog implementations recursively include span processor, exporter, and client configuration. Applications that call otel.SetLogger to enable OpenTelemetry internal Info logging can therefore record OTLP gRPC and HTTP collector endpoints, the OTLP HTTP Insecure flag, and complete Zipkin collector URLs. A person or system with access to those logs can learn internal collector topology and can recover credentials or tokens embedded in Zipkin URL user information or query strings. The default OpenTelemetry logger does not emit the event, and this path does not log OTLP authentication headers, TLS key material, or span payloads. This issue is fixed in version 1.45.0.

Affected

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

v < 1.45.0
Affected range stops below 1.45.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-532

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